Sally Schaedler - Contemporary Fine Art Painter, Portraitist, contemporary art painting, contemporary abstract art, abstract modern art imagery
We located to the lower Hudson Valley five years ago and love the
wildlife, the mountain views. and the advantage of being close to Manhattan to
enjoy both city and country life.
For many of us, painting is not a choice; it is an obcession.
While I turned to design and illustration as a career for financial reasons, my obcession with painting has never stopped. Although I haven't stopped painting, I haven't "shown" my paintings for years. This year I plan to have a new website for my paintings open and am seeking to enter shows and seek gallery representation as well.
I still generally hold to the view that I would rather not expound on grandiose explanations for painting what I paint and allow the viewer to reach their own conclusions and decide what I might be thinking or what symbolism is involved.
I am a Senior Designer for Amscan,Inc., and have illustrated many children's books as well; (see sommerstudios.com).
Arshille Gorky, Franz Kline, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Jasper Johns, Chuck Close, Sam Gilliam, Rufino Tamayo, Richard Diebenkorn, Paul Gauguin, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Rauschenberg, Diego Rivera, Frank Stella... there are so many artists who influenced my painting. Frank Stella seemed to say it best:" I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life."