George Kodak’s training at the Kyiv State Art Institute provided a strong grounding for his expressions of art. Ever experimenting with multimedia, he painted with oils, water colours, pastels, tempera, chalk and ink, painting on a variety of surfaces, such as glass, mylar, wood, paper, and artists’ canvas.

Topics for painting and sculpting were far-ranging from landscapes, and still life to paintings of historic battles and Ukrainian heroes; folk tales and mythology; portraits and the human form in action, and the ocean in all its various moods.  His sculptures were similarly broad thematically.  Much of the art and sculptures he created was inspired by books.  George was an avid reader and when a subject, or person or historical event stirred his imagination he was compelled to concertize the idea through art.  Depth perception and motion are captured with a lightness of touch whatever the media – reflecting quickness and ease in capturing with his brush a visual moment.

He took part in several group exhibitions, starting in Bayreuth Germany where he won first prize for his oil painting, “Girl with Flower.”  In Hamilton, for Princess Elisabeth’s visit to Canada in 1953, George designed and constructed the float to represent the Ukrainian community, and that float won first prize.  He had several one-man exhibitions and today his works are held in private collections.