Edwin Mieczkowski (b. 1929)

Mieczkowski has been a force on the Cleveland arts scene for over 50 years as a teacher and painter. His work has been 2-dimentional at times, 3-dimensional other times; always structural, layered and complex—mostly large scale. Because of the force of dynamic color, they remain paintings in relief even when they are sculptural. His current work is stimulated by biological shapes. His career was launched when he, Julian Stanzcak, Frank Hewitt (all faculty) and Richard Anuszkiewicz (alumnus) of the Cleveland Institute of Art participated in the Responsive Eye show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1965. His public work includes this mural, a tondo that is placed at right angles to the William Sommer mural, The City in 1833 at the Cleveland Public Library Brett Hall, Main Library reading room. The library mural takes its theme and colors from the William Sommer mural, and has been described as the epitome of radiant sun. His public work includes the 11-color geometric abstract mural on the Halle Building that was replaced by the Windham Hotel . In Blue and White Ford, an early May Show piece, the surface is a design of slanting overlapping parallel lines in varying hues that give us a sense of motion.