Stormchaser’s Dream is one of the group of encaustics I exhibited at my former gallery Yumart, back in 2016. Like the others, I started with a lozenge-shaped chunk of wood which I created from a plank using a jigsaw and a mini-grinder. I applied the… Read More
I hadn’t thought about The Roches in years, when somehow or another they recently came up in conversation with a friend. Now some of their tunes are buzzing around my little brain again, so I thought I’d share. I first heard them in NYC in… Read More
At some point a couple years ago I started cutting shapes out of masonite and making them into paintings or whatever it is they are. As usual I was groping around, trying to find a way forward. I wanted to break away from some of… Read More
The title of this painting refers to Niagara St in Toronto. I rented a studio in a building located where Niagara and Tecumseth meet, which was known as the casket factory because once upon a time that’s what it was. This painting, from the early… Read More
A few years ago I made some small paintings using materials like cardboard, flyers, and various other bits and pieces of stuff I found around the studio. I used an add-and-substract process, gluing materials on, adding paint then ripping back layers of material. They’re bumpy… Read More
In late September/early October of 2001, Sheila and I honeymooned in Newfoundland. Thanks to a friend out there we had a great place to stay in Pouch Cove. We did lots of hiking and some landscape drawing while we were there, but most importantly, the… Read More
Last year I exhibited a series of shaped paintings. I was feeling like I had reached some kind of cul-de-sac with my painting – I had painted myself into a corner, so to speak, and I needed to break out. Breaking out meant breaking from… Read More
Today I’m going to begin what I expect will be a lengthy series of blog posts featuring paintings I have in inventory, and I’ll keep these posts together on the Eugene Knapik Paintings page here at 27th Street. Anyone interested in purchasing a painting, arranging… Read More
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