“My goal is to distill an image or experience into its essence and express this vision in the most eloquent, painterly terms—elevating it into the realm of the poetic.”
KATRIEL SREBNIK
Katriel Srebnik’s artwork has earned 41 national awards, including a Silver Medal and five Awards of Excellence from the Oil Painters of America; the President’s Award from the American Impressionist Society; First Place from the American Tonalist Society, Best of Show from the Academic Artists Association and Texas Art Museum; First Place from the National Society of Artists and Hilton Head Art League; has appeared in American Artist, American Art Collector, American Art Review, Art & Antiques, Art Business News, The Art Guide, The Artist, Art of the West, Art World News, Carrie Leigh’s Nude, International Artist and Southwest Art magazines; in nearly 80 national juried shows; 8 museum exhibitions including the International Guild of Realism’s “Master Works Museum Tour; in galleries throughout the United States, in London and France; and his own galleries in Santa Fe and Charleston.
Interpreting figures, interiors and European scenes with light, atmosphere and expressive brushwork to evoke a mood and ambience, Srebnik creates his unique style, combining the spontaneity and immediacy of impressionism, the visual reality of painterly naturalism, and the poetic subtlety of tonalism.
Srebnik has conducted classes and workshops at his own art school, and art workshops at over thirty art schools, colleges and other venues; plus his “Artist’s Viewpoint” museum and gallery tours in the U.S. and France; and seminars on marketing artwork.
As an anatomy instructor, former principal dancer and ballet instructor, musician, and having lived in France, Srebnik brings a unique understanding to his figures, dancers and European street scenes, and imbues them with a visual harmony and musicality.
SIGNATURE MEMBER
American Impressionist Society -- Oil Painters of America
