Local Village of Montgomery Artist Creates Paintings for Village Bicentennial

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 15:08

Postcard0168aFront For the Village of Montgomery’s 2010 bicentennial, resident artist Mike Jaroszko has created a series of paintings portraying the peaceful beauty of his community both past and present. Four of the images have been published as bicentennial postcards, with two more to be released soon. The postcards are available at several businesses throughout the Village. In addition, a limited edition of 100 signed giclée prints from this series are also available through the Village Sampler or the James Douglas Gallery.

The original paintings from this series, and other works by Mr. Jaroszko, will be featured in an art show at the Wallkill River School Gallery on Rt. 17K in Montgomery during the month of July. A free public opening reception will be held at the gallery on Saturday, July 10th from 5 to 7pm. Leading up to and during the reception, a raffle will be held for each of the first prints from the series, with the proceeds going entirely to fund the activities of the Village Bicentennial Committee.

Award-winning illustrator and fine artist Michael Jaroszko is a luminist painter in the tradition of the Hudson River School. Mike was born in Canada, studied at the Canterbury College of Art in England, and now resides in Montgomery, NY.

Mike’s work has been commissioned by numerous corporations, including Reader’s Digest, Avon, Scholastic Books, Smithsonian, and Time-Life Books. In 2009 he was chosen to illustrate the official poster for the ship Half Moon’s Hudson Quadricentennial. More recently Mike has been devoting much of his creative time to contemporary and historic landscapes inspired by the Hudson Valley.

Mike is currently accepting commissions for landscapes and portraits. You can see more of Mike’s work, including prints and original paintings, online at his website: mikejaroszko.com