WATERCOLOR COMPOSITIONS presents a selection of large-scale watercolors by Gary Bukovnik, one of the world's most highly regarded painters of flowers. (See below for list of specific paintings included.)

The paintings meld a sensual visual vitality with a vibrant sense of color to create floral images of astonishing depth and intensity.

The full range of Gary's work can be seen here, beginning clearly with its Western (especially European) roots, and moving boldly through its later Asian refinements.

Paintings included in this volume are:

Ecstatic Shanghai VII

Romantic Roses in a Tall Vase

Lilies in a Tall Vase

Hibiscus in a Bowl

Amaryllis Fan

Ecstatic Shanghai IV

Sunflowers in a Tall Vase

Camelia Fan

Peonies in a Tall Vase

Ecstatic Shanghai V

Peonies in a Blue and White Vase

Flora's Dream

Yellow Calla Lilies in a Tall Vase

Poppies

Blue Iris in a Tall Vase

Spring Blossom Fan

Oleander in a Tall Vase

Dahlias in a Chinese Bowl

Tulips in a Chinese Vase

Flora's Trophy

Sunflower Fan

Dahlias in a Tall Vase

Iris Study

Sunflower in a Chinese Vase

Flame Vine Cuttings

Sunflower in a Blue Vase

Enthusiastic Peonies

Oleander II In a Tall Vase

Poppy Fan

Dark Anemones

Flying Calla Lilies

Tremor! (California Garden Roses)

Apotheosis of Flora

Camelia in a Chinese Bowl

Large Vase of Peonies

Amaryllis in Ancient Vases

Joyful Anticipation (Rose)

Delphinium

Spring Magnolia

White Poppy

January Magnolia

Music of the Spheres

Gold Lilies in a Tall Vase

Amaryllis Study

Garden Roses in a Tall Vase

Spring Vine Fan

Golden Mums in a Korean Vase

Orchid Frenzy

Peonies in a Blue and White Vase

Sunflowers in a Chinese Bowl

The Temptations of Flora

Large Vase of Poppies

Magnolia Fan

Pink Peonies in a Tall Vase

Everywhere I Look is Sunshine

Sunflowers II in a Tall Vase

Small Pink Rose

Red Tulips In a Glass Urn

Tall Tulips

Gioia e Pace (per mill'anni)

Morning Glory Fan

Resurrection Lilies in a Tall Vase

Peonies in a Blue and White Vase

Seduction

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Cleveland-born and educated, Gary Bukovnik lives in San Francisco. Using watercolor, monotype and lithograph, he is known for melding sensual visual vitality with a vibrant sense of color to create floral images of astonishing depth and intensity.

Honors received include Visiting Artist invitations from the American Academy, Rome (2003, 2005). In 2001, Lincoln Center invited him to create a poster for the prestigious List Commemorative Program Collection; (past contributors: Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Alex Katz, Elizabeth Murray, Donald Sultan).

Solo exhibitions include shows at Caldwell Snyder Galleries; Trajan Gallery; Campton Gallery; Concept Gallery; Elins Eagles-Smith; Bonfoey Gallery; American Conservatory Theater Gallery; Erickson Fine Art Gallery.

Recent exhibitions of Gary's work have been at Butler Institute of American Art; Paula Brown Gallery; Neuhoff Gallery; Lisa Kurts Gallery; Irving Galleries; Galerie Kutter; Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art; Chin Show Cultural Center; Takashimaya; Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation; Brevard Museum of Art, (where, among works displayed was a tapestry based on one of Gary's watercolors. It was hand-woven in Aubusson, France, at Atelier Raymond Picaud, weavers since the 17th Century, and at the forefront of progressive tapestry since the 1930s; previous tapestries being based on Alexander Calder, Georges Braque, Helen Frankenthaler images.)

Gary's work was presented in Flowers: Gary Bukovnik Watercolors & Monotypes (Harry N. Abrams, 1990), and in Gary Bukovnik Watercolors (Hudson Hills Press, 2005).

Gary's work is found in diverse collections including: Brooklyn Museum; NY Metropolitan Museum of Art; NY Museum of Modern Art; Chicago Museum of Art; Smithsonian Institution; Butler Institute of American Art; Fine Arts Museums; Bank of America, AT&T, Neiman Marcus corporate collections; Westin Bonaventure Hotel, LA.

Organizations to which Gary donates art include SF Symphony (which, since 1982, has commissioned an annual fall season poster); NY Metropolitan Opera; Refugees International, Japan; Project Open Hand, SF; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Gary has exhibited widely in Japan, Taiwan, and China, most recently at Shanghai Hongqiao Contemporary Art Museum; Today Art Museum (Beijing); Xiamen Museum of Art; Tianjin Museum of Art; Suzhou Art Academy Museum.