Please stop by to see Tim Schneiders wonderful new work! “Earth, Sea and Sky,” an exhibition of recent oil paintings on panels by Tim Schneider (Houston, Tex.) opens at DesignWorks gallery with an artist’s reception on October 4th. The Gallery will also be open for the ArtWalk® on October 11th, and will continue until November 16th. Schneider grew up in the Houston area, the son of a German immigrant who was an antique painting and furniture restorer. Encouraged by his father, Schneider began drawing as a child, later studying at the Glassell School of Art, MFAH, Houston. And, while he began his work in watercolors, because he was entranced by the landscape paintings of the 19th century, he found his work in watercolors becoming deeper and more color saturated. Instructors finally suggested that, since he was already treating watercolors as oils, he should make the switch to actual oil paints. He did, and found the place that he’s wanted to be all along. These landscapes are the work of a mature artist, one who, despite the dark tones of his panels, is totally bewitched by light – how it sculpts natural forms, how it limns the tracery of tree branches, how it dazzles off the water, how it gives form and movement to clouds and trees. And, for Schneider, the light in his paintings is almost always about to change. He seeks the alchemy of that light change at sundown or sunrise or when weather approaches. He catches light on the fly, as it were, and gives it back to us, his viewers, as a testament to its magic and energy. And, while the impulse of these landscapes hints at the Luminist and Hague schools of the 19th century, Schneider’s paintings, some with the industrial apparatus of 21st century oil business, some with decaying coastal prairie grasses and trees, all capture a contemporary moment. As he becomes increasingly adept at capturing these moments of breathtaking light, Schneider explores new ways with paint, sometimes employing stronger brushstrokes, sometimes working with highly textured impasto. These newer techniques only add to the strength and beauty of Schneider’s imagery.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:09:49 +0000
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