Shari Epstein

I refer to my work as collage painting because it is the interaction of the two that interests me. Collage brings parchment-colored materials, lines and images to the work; the painting brings vivid color and spontaneous mark making to the mix. Together they create a dialogue of past and present, movement and line, muted and bright color. This interaction of time and texture create a story neither one could tell on its own.


We tend to think of photography as realism, something easy to recognize. However, A Walk Home captures images that are somewhat abstract. I photographed the sidewalks on Miami Beach under streetlights.

Graduate of the University of Maryland, 1974
Further study:
The Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore, MD
The New York Studio School
The Vermont Studio Center

Solo Exhibitions:
The Gallery at Hillside Square, Montclair, NJ, Patterns
Johnson & Johnson Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ, Seaing
Grant Avenue Gallery, Deal, NJ, Collage
NJN Public Television and Radio, Trenton, NJ
Kent Place Gallery, Summit, NJ, Nature Abstracted
Thompson Park Visitors Center, Lincroft, NJ

Selected Group Exhibitions:
Site:Brooklyn Gallery, NY
Art & Healing, Monmouth Museum, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ
Approaching Vibrancy, Morris Arts, Morristown, NJ
A Walk Home, Spectrum, Miami shown during Art Basel Miami
Art Connections 11, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ