Reviews

Music of the Spheres and The Sounds of Silence

11/08/2004, by YOLANDA MUHAMMAD (Curator, Sun Cities Art Museum)

Mystic currents sweep through the paintings of Bernard Pracko with an undertow of urgency that pulls the viewer into an inescapable depth of color and form. Two and a half years ago he capped his pen, dismissed his secretary, shut the door to his business office and stepped into a studio where he allowed a feverish passion for releasing his...

In the Minority

11/01/2004, by MELISSA BALDRIDGE (Curator of Collections – The Torch Energy Advisors)

When Bernard Pracko paints, he ventures within. Indeed, he has lived and worked in some of the country’s most breathtaking settings – the southwestern deserts, the southern California coast and the Rocky Mountains. Yet his artworks document an internal journey rather than a response to the external world. For Pracko, his artwork is a petition, a prayer, a meditation. His...

Commentary

“Bernard Pracko has uniquely explored the human psyche through the ages by using historic symbols from the beginning of human existence. He integrates natural phenomena with references to prehistoric, pagan, Christian, Islamic, Judaic, Buddhist and other spiritual practices, which become visions on canvas. There is a significant component to Pracko that goes farther than the quantifiable human experience into mythology and beyond the visible universe. That is why Bernard Pracko is being shown at Kirkland Museum.”

— Hugh Grant, Director and Curator, Kirkland Museum, Denver, 10 May, 2005