Gallery One Galleries  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8  9 This gallery features larger paintings. Each painting is done on 100 % cotton, 300 lbs Fabriano paper.  I use only the highest quality pigments and each framed piece is professionally done with acid free matting and conservation glass. This insures that the artwork will be protected for years and remain in excellent condition to be passed down to your children and grandchildren. For all sales inquiries please click here to contact Connie Terlesky at Galleria Entrada Negra.

1. "Woman and Deer" woman and deer in autumn scene watercolour and ink framed size approx 21 x 28 inches

2. "Sisters" three women wearing masks (left) hand painted stone lithograph AP framed size approx 30 x 25 inches   click to see details  I don't think we can take it for granted that a mask will always hide us from others. Often the the mask we choose to wear reveals something about ourselves that we could easily keep hidden with our faces bare.

3. "Inside the Ocean" mermaid diving (right) watercolour and gold acrylic ink framed size approx 28 x 21 inches      She prays to the ocean,  to the element that holds her. A private moment. A personal moment.

4. "Portrait of Joseph" portrait (left) graphite unframed size approx 29 x 22 inches    This is a portrait of my brother, Joseph.   Joseph sat for me for about 35 hours.  Of course, those hours took place over a matter of weeks. Usually each sitting was about 2 hours long.

5. "Imagining my Gramma's Wedding" bride and groom descending church steps (right) watercolour and embossing framed size approx 29 x 22 inches   Not too long ago my grandmother told me that she was married during a February snowstorm! I had never heard this before! Instantly an idea for a painting exploded in my head, momentarily blinding me. I couldn't wait to begin.  Luckily, I had visited the church in which she was married when I was 7 years old and I remembered it well.  My gramma had taken me to her village of Zlobin for the summer and this trip made a lasting impression on me. Without these memories this painting would have been impossible. As the painting developed, I decided not to put in the snow because I thought it would compete too much with the bride. However, I'm thinking of doing another version of this painting where the snow is takes centre stage. click to see details

6. "Self-Portrait" clown with white face (left) watercolour unframed size 29 x 22 When I lived in Halifax (it seems like a lifetime ago now!) I did some clowning with my good friend Kathy McGillvary. She's a professional clown and she convinced me to work with her one summer. We did outside performances, parades and a travelling show. I had always been fascinated by the art of clowning and clowns have been in my paintings since forever. But, working with Kathy put it in my blood even stronger. Now fastforward to Atikokan. My mother spearheaded the creation of the Atikokan Art Centre and she thought the Centre should have a clowning troupe. We had one  for a couple of years and it was so much fun! Coming home one night after one of our gigs I looked in the mirror and thought, "Hey! I should paint my portrait!" Promptly I set up my easle and went to work. In the middle of the night I was done.

7. "Backstage" actors applying make-up (right) unframed watercolour and graphite size approx 18 x 20 inches This painting began when I was staring at my mom's clothes line and I suddenly saw how beautiful it was. I painted the  clothesline though I had no idea what else the painting would include. After some time the figures developed to create a theatre scene with the sheet on the line becoming the stage curtain.

8. "Frost" figure walking through winter landscape (left) watercolour framed size approx 29 x 22 inches This painting reminds me of the winter nights I spent walking through farmland outside of Zagreb as snow fell on the surrounding hills.

9. "Tranquil Storm" woman playing viola (right) watercolour framed size approx 29 x 22 inches As a starting point for this painting I used one of the drawings I did of musicians while attending an orchestra performance.  When I'm painting I like to take chaotic shapes and explosions of colour and gently corral then into harmony though I purposefully leave  in the feeling that, at any moment, the painting is liable to return to uncontrolable bucking and rearing.       You are now in Gallery One  Galleries  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8  9 Click for FAQS on Framing