BIOGRAPHY
Bohdan
was born in London in 1948 of Polish parents who came to England as
refugees at the end of the Second World War. He moved to Ireland in 1974
initially settling in Co. Antrim.
He
is self taught. Taking up watercolours in 1991 and joining The Ulster
University Art Group, exhibiting both at the University and Galleries in
Northern Ireland.
In
2002 an Invitation to exhibit in the North West Artists exhibition in
Sligo galvanised him into painting again, now on a professional basis,
participating in many more exhibitions such asThe Glebe Gallery in
Churchill.
Initially
most of his work was landscape but now includes figurative, botanical
and still life. In his own words "If an image moves me I paint
it".
Many
visitors to Ireland have been strongly impressed by his work and have
taken them home to all corners of the world incl. Australia. New
Zealand. South Africa and The U.S.A. His work can currently be viewed in
varous galleries in Ireland.
He
was elected to The Ulster Watercolour Society in 2005 and to the
society's council in 2007. In 2007 he won The Carnathan Galleries Award
for "White Rocks, Co. Antrim."
In
Ferbruary 2009, by invitation, Bohdan exhibited in Montreal, Canada
where his work was very well received.
In
April 2009 he was elected to the Watercolour Society of Ireland.
"In
order to paint, the image must inspire me both visually and emotionally
(to varying degrees). I become emotionally involved with the work and
continue to do so even after the work is complete (?) so far only with
watercolour do I maintain this attachment. I manipulate colour
(emotionally) and light and shade (visually) to create vibrant images to
impact on viewers vision and emotion."
