Over the past 15 years, Glenn Halak's paintings have been featured in more than two dozen group and solo shows, from his first shows in 1988 in Madison, Wisc., to more recent exhibitions in Santa Fe, San Francisco, Kansas City, Mo., Chicago, Sacramento, Albuquerque and Seattle.

Glenn has received numerous awards for his children's books illustrations. The Society of Illustrators awarded him with a Best Children's Book Illustration of 1991 honor for "A Grandmother's Story," published by Simon & Schuster, 1991 (out of print).

"Sail On: A Book for Life," by Susan Sternkopf, with illustrations by Glenn Halak (published by Sternkopf and Halak, 2000), earned an Oregon Children's Foundation SMART book award in 2002.  Click here for a sample review of this book.  This book is available from Galeria ARTopia.

Glenn's latest musical composition, "Ocean, Suite for Piano," is available on CD from Galeria ARTopia.

At left: Artist Glenn Halak (top left) with several works from the recent Galeria ARTopia show, "Gifted" Bright and Shiny Things." "Bird of Paradise," acrylic on board with painted frame (top-right), "Well of Life," acrylic on board with painted frame (mid-left), "Little Lamb," acrylic on board with painted frame (mid-right), "Sail On: A Book for Life," book cover (bottom left). Glenn Halak's "Visual Resumé".