Richard Pawlak’s new frescos and recognition in 2023

MASHPEE, MASSACHUSETTS — In November 2022, Artimusi announced honors for Richard Pawlak when one of his frescos was chosen for the Rhode Island Watercolor Society’s (RIWS) 2023 calendar. Since then, interest and demand for his artwork has picked up.

This year, between January and April, 2023, Richard entered the fresco painting, “Girls,” at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA for the Happy Place juried exhibition.

Then, April through May, he entered “Women Walking (Fixing Herself)” in the RIWS member show where he picked up an Honorable Mention Award.

In May through July, Richard won 2nd Place Award for the In Tandem juried exhibition at the Cape Cod Museum of Art for “Two Women Sitting,” also chosen for extended display at the museum’s Collector’s Corridor gallery.

Mid-summer August, “Garbageman with Nike Pants” took 2nd Prize at the RIWS Amazing Space open juried show.

Last, between September 1-25, Richard’s fresco “Girl Stepping Off a Curb” was awarded Honorable Mention at the Falmouth Art Center, Falmouth, MA, and was also sold for $3,600.

Topping off an encouraging year, Richard applied for and received a grant of $5,000 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, one of many such awards given to artists whose livelihoods were disrupted during the Covid pandemic.