Paul Pitsker

Decades of dedication to the unforgiving medium of watercolor have given Paul Pitsker the control and mastery to make paintings that look uniquely different from most watercolors, with brilliant color, dramatic contrasts, and an almost photographic level of fine detail. His paintings depict staged dramas involving delicate creatures caught in absurd or poignant predicaments, to invite reflection on the fragility and transience and strangeness of life, as well as its intrinsic beauty.

Paul Pitsker is a mentor to many thousands of artists of all ages on social media, sharing his tips and tricks for watercolor painting and answering questions from students as well as professional artists all around the world. Some of his watercolor choices are unconventional, such as painting only on ultra-smooth hot-press paper, or using a limited palette of just a half dozen paint colors chosen for their permanence and color intensity. The result of these unusual choices and the artist's complete control of the medium results in strikingly original artworks that attract attention and inspire ongoing contemplation and discussion.

BA, Pomona College

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 "It's all arranged," George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 "What Lies Within," George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 "What’s clear now," George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2010 "Enigmas and Elegies," Left Coast Galleries, Studio City, CA
2007 "You Are Here," two-person show at Bandini Gallery, Culver City, CA
2006 "Borderline States," Art Murmur Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 "Strange Angels," Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS


"Gallery Selects," George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 "Soluble Power," Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
2017 "The Cityscape Show VII," George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Recent Work, Swenson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2011 "WILDlife," Heather James Fine Art, Jackson, WY
2010 Group Show, James Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009 "Salt Creek Environment: Local and Endangered," Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NB
2009 "La Petite," Left Coast Galleries, Studio City, CA
2009 Group Show, James Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008 "Spirits of L.A.," Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Hollywood, CA
2008 "Bronze and Brushstrokes," Left...