Roger R. Milinowski, popular, coastal Plein Air Painter, born 1946, spent his early years on the shores of the Hudson River. Educated in the Visual Arts and Industrial Design; his career has included working with prestigious design firms as a designer, illustrator, and art director. Milinowski’s natural artistic ability surfaced early in his life and was nurtured by a rich interaction with nature while living amidst the exquisite beauty in the Hudson River Valley and later in a picturesque, costal Connecticut town. He was further inspired by yearly trips to the magnificent coast of Maine that eventually led to becoming a permanent resident. His studio/gallery boasts a view of one of the prettiest harbors in Maine.
The technical proficiency in his work combined with his sensitive observations of the world around him lead to producing paintings that calm the mind as well as speak to the emotions. The quaint settings of coastal America and rural country farms are perfect subjects for Milinowski’s realistic yet sensitive, impressionistic style. In viewing many of Milinowski’s paintings, the observer is moved beyond the mere depiction of the subject matter into a reverie of bygone eras.
“When I paint I love to drop below the clutter of today’s busy images and bring out the suggestion of a quieter, more nostalgic time.”
Extended stays in the Charleston, S. C. area each year provides material, including wild life of the Low Country, shrimp vessels, beaches and Charleston Street Scenes, that lend themselves to Milinowski’s insightful artistic expression.
“There is an immediacy about painting directly from nature’s palette, capturing the light in a moment in time that I find most stimulating”.
His work is in private and corporate collections in the United States, Israel, Canada, Australia, and England. Milinowski is a First Prize Winner and he has been an art show juror. His work has been exhibited in galleries and art shows in New York City, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod, and Charleston, S. C.
Milinowski moved to Boothbay Harbor, Maine in 2001 with his wife Judy and opened Head of the Harbor Gallery featuring a wide variety of his work. He is also a permanent featured artist at the CoCo Vivo Gallery on Gallery Row in Charleston, S.C. and Boothbay Harbor, Maine. His work is also availble at: The Geary Gallery, Darien, CT, The Virginia Barrett Gallery, Greenwich, CT., North Light Gallery, Kennebunkport, Maine, Villa Greenleaf in St. Croix and the Boothbay Art Foundation.
Education
University of Bridgeport, B.A. Industrial Design
Experience
Skilled in the aesthetics and styling of creative contemporary consumer product and package design, Milinowski worked as an Industrial Designer for Elliot Noyes of New Canaan, a prestige's design firm that serviced a wide range of clients including IBM, Mobile Oil, and Cummings Diesel, A Freelance Designer, for the toy industry for 15 years for a variety of companies including Tyco Inc. An Art Director for Paine Williams Marketing Co, whose clients included, Schweppes, Lea & Perrins, McCormick Spices, and General Foods and as a Structural Designer for Conair Corporation and Cusinart Cookware.
Notable Commissions
Core Memorial Portrait - Bronze, Town of Wilton, Wilton, CT
Ribbacoff Memorial Portrait - Bronze, Private School in Israel
Ribbacoff Family - Bronze, Worchester, MA
Levine Family - Bronze, New York, New York
Mitchell Liftig Collection - Marble, New York