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On November 21, I wrote about the painting found in a pile of trash. Today, I’d like to add a bit more on that subject.
In the end of December of 2000, the world of San Francisco’s artist, Vladimir Vitkovsky, was jolted and nearly shattered by the news that one of his paintings was anonymously donated to the Goodwill store.
Here is the article published by the “Mercury News” on Dec 28, 2000:
http://64.84.63.66/paintings.html
The fact that somebody would want to get rid of his painting was really insulting. Of course the notion that when a painting is sold, money would work toward improving somebody’s life is a noble thought, but still, the whole thing was upsetting. The artist, whose “works appear in private collections worldwide, his patrons include the Most Reverend Aloysius Ambrozic,
Archbishop of Toronto, The Dupont family…”, was devastated. Friends tried to console him by saying that in our society any publicity, even a negative one, is considered a good thing: it brings attention to the subject discussed. The local newspapers briefly covered this event, and Vitkovsky continued on with his life. In the past 7 years Vladimir Vitkovsky has worked hard: he created new paintings in oil, pastels, inks, mixed media, had private and public exhibitions, had his works displayed in the gallery in the Union Square District and in El Dorado Hills…He’s acquired a dog, Master, and life became even better.
Another reason for this article is that on December 1st, 2007 he and his works will be the sole subjects of attraction at the Grand opening of a new gallery in San Francisco: “Vitkovsky Fine Art Gallery”, which is located at 3036 Larkin Street, Fisherman’s Wharf, just a few steps from the famous Ghirardelli Square.
I wish him great success and a lot of inspiration.
You may view his works here: www.vitkovsky.com.
