Background
He was born in Brooklyn New York, but lived most of his life in Rockport, Master of Arts. He worked in both oil and watercolor.
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Through three powerful tools--design, color, and light--master oil painter Paul Strisik teaches, step-by-step, how to convey a strong sense of place, time of day, and weather conditions to evoke emotional response from a viewer. Thorough, thought-provoking and richly illustrated, CAPTURING LIGHT IN OILS will help artists create paintings that truly reflect their vision.
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From dust jacket notes: "...Noted landscape painter Paul Strisik takes the reader outdoors to watch over his shoulder as he demonstrates his skills at capturing the varied landscape around the country and in all seasons. Starting with a discussion of materials and equipment, the artist...describes the equipment he uses in the field - compact, yet complete enough to allow Strisik all the variety of techniques he needs - as well as studio equipment and special painting gear for traveling. Further suggestions for types of brushes, holders, cleaners, palettes, easels, and more give the reader all the basics for getting started both at home and on location. The next portion of the book is devoted to the esthetic aspects of landscape painting: conception, composition, and design. Strisik stresses selecting those elements of a scene which help the artist make a personal statement, rather than copying nature literally. He explains compositional principles and how to use them - distributing the weights in a picture, emphasizing the center of interest, knowing when and how to use cast shadows, leading the viewer's eye with lines of direction, and achieving variety and interest with counterpoint. All the visual effects of light - luminosity, diffraction, reflected light, highlights, diffused light, atmospheric perspective, and many more - are explained in the third section, along with the basics of understanding color and value relationships. Particularly helpful are the many pointers on handling color within shadowed areas, painting objects in light without 'washing out' local color, and unifying the overall color feeling within a landscape. Finally, Strisik presents a series of full-color, step-by-step demonstrations showing how he develops his carefully planned compositional studies into finished paintings. Each demonstration displays the artist's many skills and techniques every step of the way...."
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He was born in Brooklyn New York, but lived most of his life in Rockport, Master of Arts. He worked in both oil and watercolor.
Student, Art Students League, New York City, 1948.
His art education began at the Art Students League of New York with Frank DuMond. He was an Academician in the National Academy of Design. His paintings are in many museums, corporations and other prominent private collections.
Paul is the author of several books on painting, including The Art of Landscape Painting, and Capturing Light in Oils, published in 1995.
Paul Strisik is building an impressive auction record. His paintings are highly prized and are relatively hard to find.
Though primarily known as a "Rockport" artist, Strisik produced a significant body of work based on the Southwest. He maintained a winter home in Santa Fe from 1976 to his death.
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Board governors Rockport Board Trade, 1958-1960. Served with United States Navy, 1941-1945. Member National Academy of Design (academician), National Academy Western Art (gold medal 1981, 84), Oil Painters American, Rockport Art Association (president 1968-1971), American Watercolor Society, Allied Artists American, Knickerbocker Artists, International Society Marine Painters, American Artists Professional League (award 1980), American Academy Taos, N. Shore Arts Association, Santa Fe Watercolor Society, Rockport Chamber of Commerce Clubs: Salmagundi.
Married Nancy Susan Samaras, November 16, 1968. Children: Peter, John Catherine, Ellen.
