Rosemarie Bauer-Sroka

Rosemarie Sroka is represented by the oil painting, The Pool from her Water Series, in Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center's Art Collection, installed on the third floor of the hospital. Her profile in an online publication about the collection provided background information:

Sroka graduated from the University at Buffalo with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fine arts, with a concentration in painting and drawing. After graduation she taught part time at the university, and later full time at Erie Community College, North Campus. Her studio was located within the Buffalo Arts Studio, where she painted full time. Her work was based on ideas developed in series form.

Of her series Water, she notes, “While exploring the characteristics of water with line, color, depth, and speed, I’m more aware of the poetic and philosophical analogy to a symbol of life, the fluid of existence. Water is current, up to date, always new and timeless. The movement or current of water projects an emotional image and perhaps a related response by the viewer. Like life, water can be serene and peaceful, turbulent and confusing, deep and foreboding or shallow and steady.” It’s these dynamic complexities that challenge the viewer in each painting.

Also see: Brooke Leboeuf, "Pausa exhibit is a homecoming for artist Rosemarie Bauer Sroka," The Buffalo News (April 8, 2015).  https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/pausa-exhibit-is-a-homecoming-for-artist-rosemarie-bauer-sroka/article_ec589bbf-ab93-5e27-8c45-0b8d3d189299.html