Super Summer Online Auction
Sailing
Starting Bid: $200
ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR – “SAILING”
by artist, Tom Mielko, 1988.
Beautiful images of ocean sailing depicted in this framed 26” by 38” original work by
American Romantic painter, Tom Mielko.
Acknowledged globally as a master artist of visual storytelling, Tom Mielko is best known for his finely honed ability to communicate with the viewer in a personal, intimate way. His passion for living and love for his craft radiate from every brushstroke of his work.
Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Tom was gifted with a natural talent for art. He drew his first sketches at the age of six and encouraged by his parents, went on to study at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and the prestigious Art Institute of Boston, where he eventually taught. Even at a young age, Tom had a unique eye for bringing out subtlety as he captured a moment or the poetry in a play of light.
Committed to making painting his full time livelihood, Mielko forged ahead with his own gallery in 1970. Through his friend and patron Anthony Athanas, Tom established the Sextant Gallery within Athanas’s renowned restaurant in Boston Harbor.
During visits with his former teacher and mentor, Phil Hicken on Nantucket Island, Tom enjoyed painting the serene beaches, grassy dunes, rose-drenched gardens, and cranberry bogs. He soon felt the need to seek a refuge from the urban life of Boston and retreat permanently to the unspoiled island.
Once settled on Nantucket, Mielko went to work for The Chelko Gallery where he and owner, Paul Chelko, became fast friends and business partners. One year later the gallery’s name was changed to The Chelko-Mielko Gallery. When Chelko made a move to Atlanta to pursue abstract art, Tom stayed on in Nantucket. He established The Mielko Gallery, in a unique, Nantucket shanty, where fishermen once stored their nets. Mielko’s highly successful gallery continued for 35 years and became a historic Nantucket landmark, the oldest gallery on South Wharf. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, Tom Mielko brings the glorious images of the sea to life in his original paintings, serigraphs, digital archive productions and graphics. The magic of nature and romance which he captures in his paintings set him apart as a one of a kind….
An American Romantic Painter.
Visit Tom Mielko's online gallery at http://www.tommielko.com/index.html
Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Tom was gifted with a natural talent for art. He drew his first sketches at the age of six and encouraged by his parents, went on to study at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and the prestigious Art Institute of Boston, where he eventually taught. Even at a young age, Tom had a unique eye for bringing out subtlety as he captured a moment or the poetry in a play of light.
Committed to making painting his full time livelihood, Mielko forged ahead with his own gallery in 1970. Through his friend and patron Anthony Athanas, Tom established the Sextant Gallery within Athanas’s renowned restaurant in Boston Harbor.
During visits with his former teacher and mentor, Phil Hicken on Nantucket Island, Tom enjoyed painting the serene beaches, grassy dunes, rose-drenched gardens, and cranberry bogs. He soon felt the need to seek a refuge from the urban life of Boston and retreat permanently to the unspoiled island.
Once settled on Nantucket, Mielko went to work for The Chelko Gallery where he and owner, Paul Chelko, became fast friends and business partners. One year later the gallery’s name was changed to The Chelko-Mielko Gallery. When Chelko made a move to Atlanta to pursue abstract art, Tom stayed on in Nantucket. He established The Mielko Gallery, in a unique, Nantucket shanty, where fishermen once stored their nets. Mielko’s highly successful gallery continued for 35 years and became a historic Nantucket landmark, the oldest gallery on South Wharf. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, Tom Mielko brings the glorious images of the sea to life in his original paintings, serigraphs, digital archive productions and graphics. The magic of nature and romance which he captures in his paintings set him apart as a one of a kind….
An American Romantic Painter.
Visit Tom Mielko's online gallery at http://www.tommielko.com/index.html