Egg tempera on board original painting of the Watermill, New York windmill and green by the well known American realist painter, Michael Kotasek. Signed lower right. Titled and dated verso, 2008. Condition is excellent. Housed in a simple thin black matte gallery frame 31.5 by 41.75 inches. Provenance: Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York.
Born in upstate New York in 1962, Michael Kotasek received his degree in Fine Art from Syracuse University and works in and around the town of Sag Harbor on Long Island, New York. His landscapes and still life subjects are executed primarily in watercolour and tempera, although more recently he has been working in oils. The subject of much of his work, which has won several prizes, is devoted to the landscapes, farms and houses of the eastern end of Long Island.
Awards
2013 Loring W. Coleman Award for Watercolor/ Allied Artists of America, 100th Annual Exhibition at the National Arts Club
2011 Mary Bryan Memorial Medal / Allied Artists of America / New York, NY
2007 Award of Merit / Roberson Museum / Binghamton, NY
2005 Frank C. Wright Memorial Award / American Artists Professional League / New York, NY
2004 Henry Gasser Memorial Award Allied Artists of America
Award of Merit Cooperstown Art Association
Gold Medal of Honor Allied Artists of America
2003 Thomas Moran Memorial Award For W/C Salmagundi Club
Heitland Memorial Award Philadelphia Watercolor Society
Medal of Honor American Artists Professional League
2002 Board of Directors Award Philadelphia Watercolor Society
Garnet Award Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors at Old Forge, NY
Fetterolf Award Philadelphia Watercolor Society
American Artist's Professional League Award Salmagundi Club
2000 Second Prize Rhode Island Watercolor Society
1999 Baltimore Gas & Electric Award Baltimore Watercolor Society