Sheila M. Evans

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For the past twenty or so years I have been painting in pastel.  I am drawn to organic subjects, usually working with dead or fading leaves and flowers because of the character they gain as they dry and twist and become translucent.  Those forms to me are so much more interesting than their young, perfect counterparts. (Someday I hope to perfect this attitude toward myself, too, but I’m finding that a bit tougher.)

This past year I also picked up oil painting again, which I had put down shortly after college.  I have been working with similar subject matter in the oils, trying to create a seamless transition between mediums. As much as I love pastels, I have found it difficult to go very large with them due to available paper sizes and weight from glass. I love the oils for their flexibility in size, lighter weight and ease of framing. I expect oils, which do not have to be framed with glass, should solve certain problems specific to outdoor shows as well.

Generally I paint in a fairly realistic style, although with somewhat abstract, non-traditional compositions. I’ve also recently started a series of much more abstract pieces based on lunaria seed pods, which I hope to explore in more depth after I reach my goal of fifty oils.

I show in a few galleries, although I much prefer art fairs for the travel and the ability to meet my customers, and for the opportunity to meet and reconnect with other artists.  I usually show in five or six of these per year.  This year, however, I hope to increase that number a bit, since my artwork is now my only source of income.

I should mention here, as I do in my marketing materials, that I sell only one-of-a-kind, original works of art.  In the past I have sold a handful of giclees, but I no longer make or sell reproductions of any kind.

For more on why I do what I do, see my post about Artist’s Statements.

For pricing and other information please contact me directly.