Brittingham Park-2011  8 x 10  $!165

Living in Wisconsin his entire life, William, (Bill) Pavelsek was born in 1951 in Columbus, grew up in Portage and now lives in Madison.  Painting has always been natural to Bill, he has been painting since childhood.  In 1976 he received a B.S. in Art from the UW-Madison.  For 16 years he worked as a photo retoucher/restorer.  The work went hand-in-hand with painting.  It included such things as reproducing photographs and negatives as well as restoration of existing photographs, matting and framing 

Capitol View, Olbrich Park 2011  10.5 x 5,   13.5 x 8   $165  .

“I have consistently painted and drawn since high school.  I am inclined to follow an Impressionist idiom.  Ideally this means one session of painting, sometimes a couple.  Drawing and painting at the same time drawing not with a pencil but with the brush, with the color.  It’s a fast execution, rapid.”

Capitol Skyline-Lake Mendota  

Image 16x12,  framed 17x21  $500

“I always work plein-aire which offers a good challenge and reward.  The challenge is in actually excepting the work; transporting your equipment, having the right equipment with you, being in the elements, dealing with the wind, the cold, the bugs.  The reward is when you capture it.  You feel as if you’ve done something.  You’re tired, but it’s a good kin of tired.  Its nice to work outside, things can happen around you.  You can take it in through your skin.  You commune a little bit with nature. There’s a communal aspect to it.”

Picnic Point Trail Head   

   Capitol View at Bernies Beach       $165

Boat at Willow Bay Creek  10 x 8   $165

Twilight - Olbrich Park  Aug, 2011  10x8   $165

Prairie Near Frautschi Point-Lake Mendota  2011

Olbrich Park- August 2011  7 x510.5 x 8.5  $165

7x5,  10.5 x 8.5 frmd   $125 

Howard Temin Path May,2011   10 x 8   $165

Howard Temin Path(b) May, 2011  10 x 8   $165

Boat House Monona Bay Twilight            5x7, 8x10 framed  $165

Winter 2010 - Vilas Park   17x2.5   $110