Aïda Schneider
ARTIST INFORMATION		CONTACT INFORMATION
Oil/collage on paper - contemporary "abstract representational". Using oil sticks I work on wood panel. I apply the pigment directly to the surface, blending and working it in with my fingers. Other than scratching tools and paper towels, I use no other implements. Successive layers wiped off, scratched into and peeled yield the emerging image. (I wonder if this "hands-on" technique relives the satisfaction derived working with clay - in my other life!) Color saturation and contrast, symbolic markings, personal imagery and shapes, by these means I explore the possibilities of the medium and the idea, connecting the disparate and giving substance to the implausible. Usually, a piece will inform a successor. This intuitive approach underlies my work, suggesting rather than detailing, inviting the viewer to contribute their vision. My work is an eclectic mix, a synthesis of the idea with my experience, background and esthetic. The more I paint the more I want to paint. Always, there's a compelling sense of searching for what's next, of discovery. The involvement, the solving, the actual doing--it's exciting and exhilarating. Sometimes, looking at a pristine white surface before making the first mark I wonder: can I improve on that quiet perfection? But then I plunge in, entering another world of line, color and shape. The image emerges under my hand... I take pleasure when you, the viewer, connect with my work. NATIONAL ART FESTIVALS (*award) Sausalito Art Festival* Bellevue Art Museum Fair Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City Sun Valley Arts Festival Old Town Art Fair, Chicago Fine Art Santa Barbara Main Street Arts Festival, Ft Worth Portland Arts Festival** Scottsdale Art Festival* Festival of the Arts, OKC ARTWALK, Santa Barbara Malibu Arts Festival La Quinta Arts Festival SOLO & INVITATIONAL Object to Ikon Eos Gallery Abstract-Relief Eos Gallery Brave Bold & Brassy Riverside Art Museum Through the Looking Glass Cypress College Gallery Bold & Brilliant San Bernardino City Museum Symbols & Signs, solo Coachella Cultural Center Spiritual Interactions Cypress College Gallery A Selection of Works, solo Edward-Dean Museum Images True and Reversed, solo San Bernardino Valley College New Works Mt. San Jacinto College NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS (Partial list, *award) Palm Springs Desert Museum* The Foothills Art Center, Golden CO Women Painters West* Irvine Fine Arts Ctr, Irvine CA* National Wtrclr Society* Selected travel show & signature membership Gallery 57 Second International Exhibition San Diego Wtrclr Society Internatiol Exhibition Multi Media Mini Show* Inland Empire XXV Annual Exhibition* Art in public places program, Redlands, CA EDUCATION Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art University of California, Irvine Advanced workshops ARTICLES WRITTEN "Through the Prism", Elan Magazine PUBLICATIONS "The Best of Watercolor 2", Rockport Publishers 8/97 "Creative Inspirations", Rockport Publishers 6/97 "In Watercolor - Abstract", Rockport Publishers 2/96 "Creative Watercolor", Rockport Publishers 1/96 "The Best of Watercolor", Rockport Publishers 12/95 "Color & Motion", Inland Empire Magazine 5/97 "Art Shines" The Press-Enterprise 11/93 SELECTED COLLECTIONS Healthline Medical Service Salisbury Communications SG Development Company Redlands country Club Redlands Centennial Bank Redlands Community Hospital Charles Dunn Company United Way of the East Valley KCAL Radio		Redlands, CA Home: 909-794-4487 Fax: 555-123-4567 Web: AidaSchneider.com
WORK
		"Osmosis 14" Oilstick on maple panel 36" x 48"
		"Tapestry 52" Oil on panel. 20" x 20"
		"Osmosis 7" Oil on panel. 36" x 24"
		"Tapestry 53" Oil on panel. 20" x 20"
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