Our Best To You / vol.1

Mieczyslaw Bednarski,
American abstract artist,
born in 1963, Chicago,
Illinois. Both my parents
immigrated from Poland. I
have been creating art since
the 4th grade. My
exploration into abstract
visioning started developing
in 4th grade special
education classes. I have had
many wonderful loving
artistic teachers over the past
40 years; all have added to
my artistic development. My
abstract visioning is selftaught.
To develop as a working
artist, I have visited scores of
contemporary galleries and
many of America’s major
museums. I have also
attended hundreds of
lectures at major art
exhibitions throughout the
Americas. My major interests
are action painters, abstract
impressionism, surrealism,
and abstract visioning.
Since 1998 I have maintained
a working studio in
Seguin. For the past eight
years I have been teaching
private arts lessons. I also
volunteer and teach art at a
local mental health, mental
retardation addiction
recovery program. I have
been disabled most of my
adult life. The opportunities
I face daily contribute
immensely to my abilities to
create.
The nature of my art is
abstract visioning. My best
work is not a means to an
end. Your interpretation of
my created work finishes the
creative process—the viewer
continues the visioning for
me. My artist code is "to
have the courage to try
anything and refuse to be
bound down by what others
have done or might think.”
There is progress when I
dare to break with tradition
and bring to art whatever
my creative genius might
freely have to offer.
Untitled
Oil on Wood
4 x 8 feet
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