“Cameron Schmitz: Suspended Moments”
April 13-May 28, 2017
Opening reception: Friday, April 28, 5-8PM
“Suspended Moments” a solo exhibit of new abstract oil paintings from Cameron Schmitz.
“Suspended Moments” features new abstract paintings with Schmitz’s dynamic brushwork and a lush color palette that already has us feeling the excitement of spring’s unfolding. “I use mark-making to express the constantly moving, changing, and morphing of life and nature, leaving observers certain that they are witnessing merely a fleeting moment in time.” Through Schmitz’s vibrant pieces you can stay in those transitory moments of high energy, movement, and expansion and walk through them as you travel through the composition of her abstract work. The viewer to permitted to pause and take in something that would otherwise be fleeting, almost invisible. The title of the show, “Suspended Moments”, is a tribute this concept.
Schmitz has a background in landscape and figurative painting, but moved to primarily painting abstract work after the birth of her first child 3 years ago. Schmitz says “I have found that being a parent has heightened my senses and my desire to move beyond literal forms and clarified my artistic motivation to express joy, wonder, and a contented unknowing about life, which is messy and intense but always potent with exceptional beauty.”
Schmitz’s education includes a Master’s of Fine Arts in Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting & Drawing from the University of New Hampshire, and studies in Art and Art History at Studio Arts Centers International in Florence, Italy. Following a month-long artist residency at the Vermont Studio Center in 2006 and meeting her now husband, Schmitz moved to Vermont. She, her husband and three children currently reside in Bernardston, Massachusetts. In addition to her art practice, Schmitz is also a painting instructor at the River Gallery School in Brattleboro.
(text adapted from the venue’s press materials)
INFORMATION
Northern Daughters
221 Main Street
Vergennes 05491
(802) 877-2173
Hours:
Thursday-Sunday, 10AM-5PM
and by appointment
Image
Reaching for Delight
by Cameron Schmitz
46″x44″
oil on canvas
Courtesy of the artist and Northern Daughters, Vergennes