John Schisler

John Schisler was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1972. He began painting at the Conrad Miller Studio in Fells Point, Maryland at the age of 17. At the Conrad Miller Studio, John studied the use of Maroger Mediums and the techniques of the Dutch Masters through the teaching of Nancy Lee Conrad and Melvin Miller who were both students of Jacques Maroger.

He learned to make and use ‘black oil’, which is used as a basis for the mediums of such masters as Titian, Rubens, and Rembrandt. The advantage of this medium is the ability to obtain the qualities of color, shadow, and brilliance found only in their paintings.

His style is classical/contemporary realism. Keeping with the tradition of the old masters, he makes the black oil that is then used to make medium as well as oil paint by mixing with powdered pigments.

In early 2011, John began to pursue a full-time career in art.

In 2018, John began to expand from just still life painting. He had a desire to test his skills at plein air painting and in 2020 he was juried into Plein Air Easton, one of the most prestigious events in the country.

2021 NOAPS's Best of America National Small Works Exhibit, Principal Gallery, Charleston, SC

2021 OPA's 30th Annual Exhibition of Traditional oils, Escondido Museum, Escondido, CA

2021 IGOR's Spring Online Exhibition

2020 NOAPS's Best of America National Exhibit, Cutter & Cutter Fine Art, St. Augustine, FL

2020 International Guild Of Realism's 15th annual juried exhibition, Principal Gallery, Charleston, SC

2020 Easton Plein Air

2020 NOAPS's Best of America Small Painting National Exhibit, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD

2020 IGOR's spring onling exhibition

2019 NOAPS's Best of America Small Painting National Exhibit, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX

2019 IGOR's First Winter Salon Online Exhibition

2018 National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Society's Best of America Exhibition, Eisele Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2018 Oil Painters of America's Salon exhibition, Crooked Tree Art Center, Traverse City, MI

2018 National Oil & Acrylic Painter's Society's Best of America Small Painting National Exhibit, Richland Fine Art, Nashville, TN

2017 National Oil & Acrylic Painter's Society's "Holiday Small Works" Exhibit, Cathy Kline Art Gallery, Parkville, Missouri

2017 Oil Painters of America’s Eastern Regional Exhibition of Traditional...