Ukrainian artist tours Australia and the U.S. with exhibit of recent paintings (08/14/05)

Ukrainian artist tours Australia and the U.S. with exhibit of recent paintings

by Christyna Bodnar Sheldon

HUNTER, N.Y. - Volodymyr Voroniuk, an accomplished Ukrainian artist from the Bukovyna region of Ukraine, toured several cities in Australia and the U.S. with an exhibit of his most recent paintings. His exhibitions included landscapes picturing locations in Ukraine, several western European cities, and coastal scenes from Florida. He also displayed paintings that blended vivid floral scenes with images of female faces, evoking memories of Ukrainian folkloric characters. In addition to his oil and acrylic canvases, Mr. Voroniuk exhibited a series of impressionistic watercolor landscapes.

The tour, which began early in 2005, included three cities in Australia - Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney, and three locations in the U.S.A. - Miami, North Port and Hunter.

The final exhibition in Hunter on June 26 was opened by Dr. Mykola Tsiselskyj, who greeted the artist warmly, welcoming him on his return to Hunter after more than a decade. Mr. Voroniuk likened the mountain scenes of the Catskills to the landscapes of his native Karpaty. Both the artist and the viewers of the exhibit expressed great pleasure in sharing a common love for the landscapes of nature and for the landscapes pictured on the displayed canvases.

Mr. Voroniuk began exhibiting his work internationally in 1991, and he has traveled extensively throughout Europe and other parts of the world. He is a winner of several international art competitions, including first prize for his art work at the Lelingen-2000 Art Festival in Luxembourg. The artist is a member of the National Society of Artists in Ukraine.

At the end of this most recent tour, which lasted for almost six months, Mr. Voroniuk was anxious to return to his native Ukraine, but he expressed the hope of returning to the Ukrainian communities that he had visited in distant parts of the world. He also expressed hope that other artists from Ukraine would have the opportunity to travel more freely throughout the world to share their artwork and to gather inspiration and insight from new experiences.

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