Patricia Schappler
The Model
Oil on Wood Panel
6x4 Inches
Schappler is an East Coast painter and draftsman with a focus on the human figure. Showing nationally, she is an active member of several societies including the Portrait and Pastel Societies of America, the Women’s Caucus for the Arts, and PoetsArtists. Inspired by the complexity of human relationships and the bond that holds them together, Schappler searches for the sacred within the ordinary. She frequently works from her family and her community of students and colleagues. Originating from her interest in the narrative of home, she often uses fairytale, myth, and biblical story as a means to enter the picture plane, within her imagery, she questions how we define home, where we find it, and how we protect it with the underlying belief that home is, at its’ richest, expansive.
HIGHLIGTHS
Bank Gloucester Award for Excellence ‘Queen’, Northshore Arts Exhibit New England
Pastel Society Of New Hampshire/Pan Pastels Award, Juror: Kate Hanson, MFA Boston
First, The International Biennial Portrait Competition, Juror: David Hummer, WMOCA, Wausau, WI
8th place, Members Competition, Outside the Box; Portrait Society of America
First Place, Beyond the Boundaries, the 35th Lassonde Exhibit, Juror: Andrew Spahr, Portsmouth, NH
Best in Oils, Newburyport Regional, Juror: Marcus Greene, Newburyport, MA
Best Portrait, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Juror: Cindy Crimmin, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH
First Place, Narratives; A Woman’s Point of View (City of Taras), Juror: Cynthia Cutting
HM, Pastel Journal Figure and Portrait category
People’s Choice, Pastel ‘Guardian’, Pastel Society of NH
Pastel Award for Portraits, Pastel Society of NH, Members Exhibit, Juror: Robert Carston
Juror’s Choice (for City of Taras), The National Prize Show, Camilo Alvarez and Steve Locke, Cambridge, MA
Blue, Cambridge Art, Juror: Sarah Montross for ‘One Thousand and One Nights, Cambridge MA
First Place, The Portrait, Gallery 100, Juror: Pam Tarbell, Portsmouth, NH
Awarded Master Artist Status, NAA, Newburyport, MA
Best, Art 100, Portsmouth, NH
\Artist’s Magazine 33rd Annual Art Competition Finalist Jan/Feb issue
