Size 13-1/2" x 11-1/2"

Acrylic on Canvas

Rich Swiatlowski works in his studio in Wilbraham, MA. His signature is brilliant colors and bold brush strokes. He creates images using his photography, drawings, paintings, and digital manipulation.

He has received numerous awards, including the Grand Prize award from Popular Photography for his "New York Minute", selected from over 60,000 entries. Two first place awards from Ritz Camera and the Directors Award from the Cambridge Art Association.

FINALIST Artworks Gallery Juried show Hartford CT. 2005
HONORABLE MENTION Monson Arts Council 2005
GROUP SHOW New Art Gallery Newbury St. Boston March-April 2003
GROUP SHOW Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Dec. 2002 --Feb. 2003
SOLO SHOW Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Feb.-Mar. 2002
GROUP SHOW, Via Gallery, Newbury St. Boston Dec. 2001
GROUP SHOW, Springfield Art League Northeast Competition Oct. 2001
FINALIST, Seybold Art Gallery, April 2001
TWO PERSON SHOW, Via Gallery, Newbury St. Boston, Jan. 2001
FIRST PRIZE, Ritz camera Annual contest 1st place digital, 2000
GROUP SHOW, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Fla. Sept. 2000
FINALIST, MacWorld N.Y. Art Gallery, July 2000
ARTICLE, P.E.I. Magazine July 2000
REVIEW, Valley Advocate Art Review, January 2000
SOLO SHOW, Pivot Gallery, Florence Ma, January 2000
POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY ANNUAL CONTEST, 60,000 entries, 3rd Place & Honorable Mention, 1999
CAMBRIDGE ART ASSOCIATION FALL SALON, Directors Award 1999
SOLO SHOW, Alfredo's Photography Gallery, Amherst Ma, May 1999,
GROUP SHOW, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, 1999
GROUP SHOW, Fredricksburg Center for Creative Arts, Virginia, 1999
ART CALENDAR SEMI ANNUAL CONTEST, Group show @ Los Angeles Art Expo, Finalist, 1998
RITZ CAMERA ANNUAL CONTEST, 1ST Place Digital, 1998
PHOTOPHRAPHERS FORUM ANNUAL CONTEST, 4TH Place color, 32,000 entries, 1998
POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY ANNUAL CONTEST, Grand Prize, 62,000 entries, 1997