Naomi Silver

Naomi began painting actively in 2009. Over the course of the past 13 years, she has come to focus on both representational and abstract landscapes. While some of her images are taken from photographs, others are created from her imagination. Naomi’s abstract works are often created in vibrant, saturated colors. These works have been valued by collectors over the years for their subtle variation in hues, their texture, and their calming effect. The softness of these works is due not only to the hues she creates but also to her technique of applying and blending the paints with her hand.

Naomi’s more recent mountain landscapes have taken her in new interpretive and technical directions. Inspired by a trip to the French Alps in 2019, she has developed a more minimalist (but no less complex) feel that allows her to confront shadow and light in new ways. Whereas her abstract work often draws on clouds, mists, filtered light and soft edges, these mountain landscapes offer sharp edges and definitive shapes.

Naomi has had an active interest in the arts since her childhood but has pursued a varied professional life. She holds a BA in History and Russian Area Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and speaks French. Her w...

BA in Russian Area Studies and History, University of Wisconsin, 1987

Recent Exhibitions
Spiritual Visions Group Show, Fontbonne University, Clayton, MO
January 27 – Feb 25, 2023


Group Show at Longview Farm House Galleries, Town & Country, MO
February 24, 2023-April 7, 2023

Past representation
Crafts Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky (2014-2015)
Serendipity Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (2014)
Webster House Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri (2013)
Sole Survivor Art Gallery, Belleville, Missouri (2012-2013)

Past shows
Selected Exhibitions
2019, 2016, 2015, 2010 Contemporary Art Museum Open Studios, St. Louis, MO
2015 Group show, Serendipity Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014 Group show, Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY
2013 Group show, Webster House Galleries, St. Louis, MO
2012 Solo show, Third Degree Glass Factory, St. Louis, MO
2010 Solo Show, Year One: A Retrospective, The Soulard Coffee Garden, St. Louis, MO
2010 Group show, St. Louis-Lyon Sister Cities Group Show, Clayton, MO and Lyon France