In April 1999, Forum Gallery presented Canadian painter, Paul Fenniak’s first one-person exhibition in the United States. Fenniak, who joined Forum Gallery as one of its roster artists in 1998, continues Forum’s thirty-five year commitment to exhibiting the finest of 20th century figurative art. Paul Fenniak is a major emerging artist whose paintings have been widely collected both in Canada and in America.Paul Fenniak paints detailed psychological portraits and figures in settings with implied action. Deep in thought, Fenniak’s subject are contemporary in setting but reminiscent of studied portraits that follow the tradition of the late Raphael Soyer, who is also represented by Forum Gallery. Paul Fenniak’s paintings have luminous surfaces and compelling images that offer a combination of disquiet, uncertainty, urgency, calm, and spirituality. His painting style contains a contrast of inner light with his attention to detail, texture and atmosphere. -Forum Gallery
