Isabel C. Shamitz
40 Greenleaf St.
#503 Quincy, MA
02169 (617) 472-9878 email:
issyart@aol.com
About
The Artist:
IN MY PAINTING, I TRY TO CAPTURE TRANSITIONAL MOMENTS IN
TIME, IN BOTH POSED AND IMPROMPTU PORTRAITS,
scenes from everyday life and
reflective images within urban landscapes. My approach is a style of realism,
heavily influenced
by the themes and colors of impressionism, and by such
influential artists as Mary Cassatt and Norman Rockwell, favorite subject
inspirations.
My goal as an artist is to define and maintain an
aesthetic viewpoint and through the process of honing my technical skills within
my choice of medium, to achieve excellence of expression. In my work, I draw on
my empathy and life experience to communicate with my viewers. While I respect the jagged cutting edge
and controversy of Contemporary art and often find it to be exciting, my purpose
is different and somewhat softer: to provide a series of images, which evoke
shared experiences and memories. I believe that most
people want to be inspired,
rather than shocked. Basically, unlike a good martini, they want to be stirred,
but not shaken.
Although I currently paint in oils, I have also worked in
pastels, oil pastels, charcoal, pen and ink and
pencil.
Education & Affiliations:
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B.A. in Fine Arts,
University of
Maryland
Corcoran Gallery of
Fine Arts, Washington
D.C.
Post Graduate work at the
Museum
of
Fine
Arts,
Boston
Certification in
Design from Art Institute of Boston
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Studied with
Boston Artists
Guild
Member of
Weymouth,
Braintree &
Quincy
Art Associations
Exhibiting Gallery member of the
South
Shore
Art
Center
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Exhibitions:
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Brookline Library,
Brookline Art
Assoc.
Massachusetts
Bay
Community
College
Needham Art Assoc.
Art-on-the-Common
Quincy Arts Fest.
99
Lowell Street Gallery,
Cambridge Art
Assoc.
South
Shore
Art
Center Festival 99,
00
Milton
Fine
Arts
Museum,
99
SSAC Exhibiting Members Show 00,
07
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Depot Square Gallery,
Lexington,
01
SSAC Landmark Bldg. Exhibition, Oct.
00
Artist-of-the-Month,
Tuft Library, Weymouth, Jan.,
02
Staircase Gallery,
Hingham, 02,
07
BostonArt,
Boston,
MA,
03
Commonwealth
Museum, March - May
04
Quincy Art Assoc. Thomas
Crane Library, 06
Dickinson Gallery,
Weymouth,
07
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Awards:
Recipient of Beatrice Wood
Award Best of Show Needham Art-on-the-Common,
1994
First
Place Oils Division,
Needham Art-on-the-Common, 1994,
1996
Award of Excellence Oils & Acrylics; SSAC Spring
Festival Exhibit, 2000
Third
Place Oils & Acrylics; SSAC
Spring Festival Exhibit, 2001
Second
Place Professional Division,
Winter Exhibit, Weymouth Art Association, Dec.
2001
Best of Show Spring
Exhibit, Tufts Library, Weymouth Art Association, April
2002
First
Place
Quincy Art Association, Thomas
Crane Library, Quincy Art Association, April 2002,
2005
