by Vicki Schandler | Aug 11, 2022
I have lived amidst wine country vineyards since 1990. From every window of my home, I see vineyards and/or oak trees. How could I not be a painter? This is truly an amazing area with the forests, the lakes, the vineyards, and not far from the ocean. Each sunrise and...
by Vicki Schandler | Aug 11, 2022
My work is done in a traditional manner with layers of oil applied to gessoed canvases. I use contemporary gestures with a palette knife, brush, and thin glazing to create a sense of light and depth.
by Vicki Schandler | Aug 11, 2022
I was born and raised in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, along the foggy shores of Lake Michigan. In the early seventies, I escaped the long, cold winters after graduating from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in Economics. Bumming around California in the early...
by Vicki Schandler | Jun 13, 2022
“My Brush is my Voice … For as long as I can remember, I have always been mesmerized by the ever changing majesty of my world. I love the dance of light on moving surfaces, textures and tangles, organic tessellations, and the brilliance of color intensified during...
by Christine | Jun 10, 2021
I have been a studio artist for forty years, compelled and fueled by the creative energy I first experienced as an undergraduate pre-med chemistry major at Northwestern University when I started writing poetry. Writing poetry was liberating from the scientific and...