Sally Schaedler, schaedlerart.com, is a New York artist whose abstract paintings are characterized by a rhythmic arrangement of curvilinear forms, transparent overlays and versatile colorations. She develops harmony, depth and balance, much like a perfectly arranged musical composition. About her art she explains, “Texture and depth, intersecting spatial forms, as well as a love of detail have become the focus of my painting.”
The artist has numerous collections throughout the United States and Europe and has produced many works on commission in different mediums. Her many exhibitions include those at Monmouth Museum, Lindcroft, New Jersey; Columbus Museum of Fine Arts, Columbus Ohio; and Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin. In NYC, she has shown her art at Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, and the Sylvia Wold and PoKim Gallery, among others.
Sally provides the viewer with the ethereal experience of finding images and shapes within and behind other shapes and provides the viewer with “safe passage” through the work...much as we all “manuever through life and find our way”. Her compositions invite the viewer to reach their own conclusions about what the symbolism may represent. She creates seemingly endless variations of contrast and vibrant interaction, raised and recessed surfaces, glossy and matte combined finishes.
A multiple award winning artist, she has received Awards of Excellence from Manhattan Arts International. Most recently her artwork was selected for “The Healing Power of Color” which was presented on the Healing Power of Art and Artists online art Gallery. Other recent awards include ACA Publishing Contract Award, Cincinnati,Ohio, Cecilia Picon Award, National association of Women Artists, New York, National Art League, Douglaston, New York. She is represented by Piermont Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, New York. Sally earned her BFA from Washington University, St Louis Missouri.
Art is not a choice; it has always been an obsession for me. Whether large scale abstractions or
portraits, I have always needed to find an outlet for painting in some way. For financial reasons, I
turned to design and illustration as a career but I never stopped painting.
I turned to portraiture when my children were small, realizing I could neither meet commercial art
deadlines nor focus on creating large paintings and meet the demands of raising a family. The realism of
portraiture has made its way into my abstractions, which have also been influenced by my travels,
especially to Mexico and Turkey. Texture and depth, intersecting spatial forms, as well as a love of
detail have become the focus of my current painting.
A professor of mine years ago insisted that his students not begin to paint with any preconceived notions.
Color and shape, for example, should just “evolve” on the canvas. I still follow this process, and never
know how the eventual painting will develop.
I like the ethereal quality of finding images and shapes within and behind other shapes. I like soft
colors and ways to find “safe passage” through the canvas, in the same way that we all maneuver through
life and find our way. I want to create a feeling of depth, with forms intertwining, like stories of
individuals in a city full of people. I want to create contrast and vibrant interaction much like the day
to day workings of a large city. I like raised and recessed surfaces, glossy and matte combined finishes.
Life is a little like a puzzle and we all have to find our way to make all the pieces fit. I intuitively
convey feelings in particular paintings depending on my situation at the time; exploring the way shapes
intersect in life and the way we sometimes hide the obvious behind a mask. However, I want the viewer to
reach their own conclusions about what the symbolism may represent and decide what I may have been
thinking.
Columbus Museum of Fine Arts, Columbus Ohio
Dublin Gallery, Dublin Ohio
Wustum Museum,Racine, Wisconsin
Racine Theater Guild
Bonniwell, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Landmarks Gallery, Milwaukee
Associated Artists, Syracuse NY
Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, NYC
Schoolhouse Gallery, Croton Falls, NY
Mid Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Piermont Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY
Sylvia Wold and PoKim Gallery, New York
National Association of Women Artists Gallery
NYTransform Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
Broadway Gallery, NY
Monmouth Museum, Lindcroft, New Jersey
Arts Club, Washington, DC
Prince Street Gallery, NYC
PORTRAIT CREDITS INCLUDE M Mannix McElligott, Assistant to Chancellor, Marquette University
Sister M John Francis, President Mt St Mary College, Milwaukee Wisconsin
National Association of Women Artists
SCBWI
NAPP
Westchester Arts Council
Dutchess County Arts Council
Represented Piermont Flywheel Gallery
