Marc Schimsky

My paintings are about silence, solitude, space, and shadows—about the moments between actions. I paint people waiting, or gazing, or pausing, or moving from one place to another. The surface of the painting is as important to me as the image. I am always experimenting with surfaces and textures. I explore color relationships and the unexpected juxtapositions that happen while painting. I pull colors up, push them one against the other and look for places where the colors make the most of each other. My hope is that people who see my work are moved to bring their own narrative to the painting.
In addition to painting, I'm also a printmaker. There is a physicality to printmaking (especially etching) that I love. It simply does not exist in the realm of any other 2-D medium. An etching is an art object in itself. It is almost sculptural. The feel of pressing or embedding an image into the dampened fibers of a fine imported piece of 100% rag paper is for me extremely sensual. I also find the repetition in printmaking very appealing. There's something very meditative about it.
My Solarplate etchings have become a bridge between digitally collaged images and real, tangible art objects. The content of these etchings is based on bits an...

M.F.A. Printmaking, Painting, Pratt Institute, 1976
B.S., Art Education, SUC, Buffalo, 1971
L'universita di Siena, Art History, Siena, Italy, 1969-70
Istituto Statale d'Arte di Duccio di Buoninsegna, Siena, Italy, ceramics, sculpture, fresco painting
2001 - Fellowship, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine - Drawing, Jewelry Design - Honour Mack & Sharon Portelance, instructors
2000 - Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Drawing, Painting - Matthew Girson, instructor
1984 - C.W.Post/L.I.U., Brookville, NY - Computer Art
1981 - SUNY, Stony Brook, Stone Lithography - Dan Welden, instructor

2021 - “The Gardener” selected for exhibition at the "ART OF THE STATE.” State Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

2021 - Ellarslie Open 37/38. "Dorothy and Her Guardian" chosen "Best In Show" in Printmaking category.

2021 - Viridian Gallery’s director, Vernita Nemec, selected my photopolymer etching, “Uncertainty” for her "Director's Choice" digital presentation at the Viridian Gallery, NYC.

2021 - Artists Magazine's Annual Art Competition! Honorable Mention in the Abstract/Experimental category of the HORSEHEAD which will appear in the January/February 2022 issue of Artists Magazine.

2020 – 9th Annual Artists of Yardley Juried Show, Yardley, PA. First Place cash award.

2020 - 46th Annual Members’ Exhibit, Frontline Arts, Branchburg, NJ.

2020 – The Phoenix Show: Inner Visions, Doylestown, PA

2019 – “A” Space Gallery, New Hope Arts Center, “Best Laid Plans,” Exhibition of Paintings and Mixed Media

2019 – Ellarslie Open 36, Trenton City Museum, 2nd Place Award in Printmaking2018 - National Juried Competition, Works On Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts, Long Beach Island, NJ

2018 - Press On! Invitational Exhibition, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA

2018 - In Black & White, Springfield Art ...