Alison Scherr

After receiving a BFA in photography from Syracuse University, I worked as a prop stylist in New York City. Eventually I was drawn back to the countryside where my
love of art was nurtured. I found that what I wanted most to do was to paint.

Before I begin a new work, I spend time outside in nature, and inside museums. The architecture, history, stories and natural images bubble up together and create new ideas. Growing up, I spent hours in museums and poring over art books.
Recently my process has included an awareness of my own movements and laying those in marks across a piece. This has pushed me to make paintings that are larger than I am. I interpret the movement of light and patterns in nature, images unaltered by the human hand. My work contains elements of the unfinished and abstract.
Each painting has a story, a hidden message. This is left to the viewer to discern, it's a personal inspiration, unique to each thought.

BFA, Syracuse University

2019 The Other Art Fair, Chicago
2019 Solo Show, Gigantic Studios, NYC
2017 Solo Show, Riverside Studio, New Jersey
2016 Group Show, Bloomfield College Art Gallery, NJ
2016 Group Show, Riverside Gallery, New Jersey
2015 Group Show, Riverside Galley, New Jersey
2014 Featured Artist, The Han Horse, New York City

1998 - 2014 Still life prop stylist, New York City
1994 - 1998 Photographer’s and assistant, New York City