Born in Detroit in 1928, Wysocki
enjoyed an active and happy boyhood, which seems reflected in his
work. After studying at the Art Center School of Design in Los
Angeles, he began a career as commercial artist in Detroit. He soon
abandoned it for the more independent life of freelancing. Returning
to California, he married and established home there. Chuck and
Elizabeth Wysocki have a great deal in common. They share an art
background and the ethic of hard work. They have succeeded in
capturing the rare sense of serenity that results from being content
with the simple things of life, they envision an earlier, slower
paced lifestyle in time with their own thinking and philosophy. Such
are the influences that have combined to develop Wysocki's personal
style of painting and choice of subject matter. He is now in that
exclusive company of artists whose work sells as fast as it can be
produced. Winner of more than 50 awards, he has been in major group
and one-man shows from coast to coast.
"I consider myself a painter of Early American life," he says. "The people in my pictures are country folk, simple in manner and happy in their activities. If some naiveté appears in my work, it's because it was planned that way and is undoubtedly from a desire to live that way myself."