ARTIST 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
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Web: AidaSchneider.com