Artist and physicist Mark Filipkowski, makes a great addition to the Passaic studio by bringing great discussions and colorful still lifes to the team.
Artist Statment
Visual expression has been and continues to be a way for me to organize my thoughts and feelings. Some of my earliest memories involve drawing as a means to investigate the world. Painting is a mature extension of my youthful efforts at understanding.
I find a great deal of serenity when painting. There is an absorption in process that feels very natural. That process seems quite effortless when a painting is going well. It is cliché but I feel as if I am in some sort of zone or focused mental state that is not accessible otherwise. I feel a tremendous rush when, through intense focus, I am able to develop form out of a multiplicity of initially independent marks, and when I make the right color choices to produce a rhythmic whole. It is that completed rhythm of color and of mark that seems to signal to me when a work is done.
Thus far my paintings have been representational, with a tip of the hat to the Fauvists. Currently, I am exploring using the vehicle of the still life. I am excited about the prospect of introducing more abstract elements into my work, influenced by, amongst others, Matisse, early Kandinsky, and Klee.
Mark Filipkowski
NP Artist Studio 
Are you the same Mark Filipkowski that attended UConn and was supervised by Joseph Budnick? He would like to contact you if so. Enjoyed the art.