ENTER THE WORLD OF CONNIE SCHAERTL, ARTIST

"Soaking Up the Autumn Sun" (11 x 14" Oil on cradled wood panel); "Shadows of the Old City" (12 x 16" Oil on panel); "Service with Dignity" (9 x 12" Oil on cradled wood panel);

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"Navajo Youth" (9 x 12" Oil on cradled wood panel); "Remembering" (12 x 16" Oil on panel); "The Signal" (11x 14" Oil on cradled wood panel);

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ABOUT CONNIE SCHAERTL

I'm an artist who works primarily in oils. I've always been drawn to stories, and that may well be what drew me to art. As a child I loved illustrations, and as an adult I worked as an illustrator. But simply illustrating a given story is limiting. Now that I'm free to paint what I want, I choose more ambiguity in my subject matter. Instead of merely presenting a story, I seek to stimulate a seed in the viewer, an invitation to co-create the experience of the painting according to the wealth of life, thought and perception he or she brings to the viewing.

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I have studied under Carolyn Anderson, Edward Povey, Michelle Torrez, Betty Rhodes, Jim McDonald and Ron Rencher and attended a  painting workshop with Charles Gruppe in Monaco and Southern France.  Travels in France and Italy have provided much inspiration for my work.  Home in Texas, I have won multiple awards and been presented in a wide range of group and solo shows.  My work has been displayed at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Women and Their Work in Austin and many Austin Visual Arts Association juried shows. My work is currently being exhibited at the Bent Tree Gallery in Wimberley.