Ghosts

Ron Poniatowski has enjoyed ghost stories since childhood. Whether around the campfire, in movies or as related by friends and relatives, these tales always sparked his imagination. In the 1990’s he lived in an ancient and ‘active’ house, that kept him entertained and pondering just what these manifestations were. Certainly there was some force present, but whether it was physical or from the beyond, he couldn’t say. Ron is a Master of Fine Art and high school art educator in Wisconsin. He grew up in Racine, Wisconsin, where he attended Washington Park High School; Madison Area Technical College for Architectural Drafting; the University of Wisconsin Madison, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education; the Pennsylvania State University for his Master of Fine Art, as well as other graduate courses in the US and abroad. Inspiration for these purely fictional works comes from his daily life and what one elementary teacher referred to his total ‘inability to stay on task’. This tendency toward a wandering mind and ‘having all of this tabs open at once,’ as his wife puts it, allows him to make connections and function in a rather abstract world in both his writing and art. In this respect, his training as an artist has proven invaluable. In his spare time, he loves being with his family, especially his wife, Sue, for travel, skiing, sport fencing and enjoying their home. Ron also has an active interest scale modeling, art, history, architecture, photography, metal working (creating replicas of Medieval armor) and, of course writing. As an artist, his focus ranges from sculptural and functional ceramics, constructed sculptures, illustration and metalwork. Ron was in Operation Iraqi Freedom with the Wisconsin Army National Guard.