I paint what moves me. The faces of my six siblings inspired me to do portraiture as a child, growing up in a two bedroom apartment in midtown Manhattan. This same apartment — cluttered with clothing, bunkbeds, my father's collections of victorian antiques, clocks, pot belly stoves — inspired the intimate, small scale interiors, chock full of information I did as a young adult studying oil painting. I was inspired by my mother's wonderful ability to organize chaos and make the most of a small space.
After moving with my husband, painter David Gloman, to Northampton, MA to teach at Smith College, I sought out families to "join" and found inspiration in their body language and their homes — how they revealed psychological dynamics. At this same time, my beloved dog Rudy was also a favorite model. His portraits were a precurser to the many dog portraits I have done.
The greatest thing, however, to happen to me as an artist was the birth of my three children, Olive, Mae, and Ellis. I was moved by the unbelievable shape of my pregnant belly, the odd proportions of the head of a newborn, the gestures, antics, and day to dayness of life with toddlers. I tried and continue to try to tell the stories of my life — as a mother who paints, as a person enamored with her children.
By focusing on creating a strong sense of light and a clear sense of space, I hope to draw the viewer into my paintings. By manipulating these elements I hope to discover and reveal particular relationships. I also try to create a "forever" kind of quality to the work, though the subject matter may be of a fleeting nature. This is especially true of the recent flower paintings I have enjoyed doing. My love of light, my homegrown peonies, and Manet's flower paintings provide inspiration when I need a break from faces.
Some recent work is in some ways a mixture of all the subjects that have moved me throughout my life. In many ways though, it is a completely new step. I have the privilege of illustrating my first children's book, written by Patricia MacLachlan, (Newbery Award winning author of Sarah Plain and Tall) and her daughter Emily. In this book entitled Painting the Wind, I try my hand at landscape as well as portraiture, still life, and flower painting. The book tells the story of a young boy who lives on an island and paints alongside several artists who visit during summer. It is published by HarperCollins, 2003.
Education
1990 | Indiana University, Bloomington IN, MFA |
1989 | Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME |
1986 | Yale University, New Haven CT, BA, cum laude, Painting |
Teaching Experience
1999-2000 | Visiting Artist, Boston University, Boston MA |
1990-now | Lecturer, Smith College, Northampton MA |
1986 | Visiting Artist, Hampshire College, Amherst MA |
1990 | Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington IN |
Awards and Fellowships
2006 | Bank Street College of Education's Irma S. and James H. Black Book Award for Once I Ate a Pie |
2004 | Best Book Award for Painting the Wind, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio |
Visiting Artist, Hampshire College, Amherst MA | |
1990 | Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington IN |
2002 | National Academy of Design, Thomas B. Clarke Prize National Academy of Design, Henry WardRanger Fund Purchase Award |
2000 | Blanche Colman Award, Boston MA. Massachusetts Cutural Council Grant, Boston MA |
1996 | New England Foundation for the Arts Regional Fellowship American Academy of Arts and Letters: Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Purchase Award, New York NY |
1995 | Best of Show, Juried Exhibition. Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton MA |
1991 | Williamsburg Arts Lottery Grant. Williamsburg MA |
1990 | Indiana Arts Competition. Third Prize, American States Insurance Company, Indianapolis IN | Juried Competition, Best of Show, Floyd County Museum of Art, New Albany IN | 1989 | National Society of Arts and Letters. Best of Show, Indiana University, Bloomington IN | Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Residence Fellowship, Skowhegan ME | 1988 | MFA Teaching Assistantship, Indiana University, Bloomington IN | Dean's Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington IN | 1986 | Ethel Walker Memorial Award, "Most Outstanding Art Major", Yale University, New Haven CT | 1985 | Ellen B Stoekel Fellowship, Yale Summer School of Music and Art, Norfolk CT |
Solo Exhibitions
2007 | Pepper Gallery, Boston MA |
2006 | Pepper Gallery, Boston MA |
Riot, New York NY | |
2005 | Pepper Gallery, Boston MA |
2002 | Pepper Gallery, Boston MA |
2000 | University Art Gallery, Wright State University, Dayton OH |
1999-1997 | Pepper Gallery, Boston MA |
1996 | Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton MA |
1995 | Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA |
1994 | Hampshire College, Main Gallery, Amherst MA |
1993 | Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst MA |
Fine Arts Gallery, Springfield Technical and Community College, Springfield MA | |
1991 | Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton MA |
1990 | Meekins Library Gallery, Williamsburg MA |
1987 | Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown MA |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 | Go Figure, The McIninch Art Gallery at Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester NH |
Little Women, Contemporary Artists Envision Girls and Their Worlds, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington MA | |
Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield MA | |
2006 | Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York NY |
2005 | Figure, SoFA Gallery, Bloomington IN |
2004 | Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ |
Still Lifes and Interiors, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC | |
2003 | Hiddell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC |
2002 | 177th Annual, National Academy of Design |
2000 | Still Lifes, Wm Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton MA |
1999 | Summer Group and Introduction, Tatistcheff Gallery, New Yor NY |
Form > Idea, Smith College Museum of Art, Smith College, Northampton, MA | |
Get Real, New Realism for a New Millennium, University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY | |
1998 | Self Amused, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell MA |
Wm Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton MA | |
1997 | American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, New York NY |
1996 | William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton MA |
Pepper Gallery, Boston MA | |
Five College Studio Art Faculty Drawing Exhibition, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA | |
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH | |
1995 | Social Life, Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA |
13th Annual Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA | |
Juried exhibition, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton MA | |
The Bowery Invites, Bowery Gallery, New York NY | |
Women in the Visual Arts, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven CT | |
1994 | Artist's Choice, The Gallery at Monterey, Monterey MA |
Works in Sequence, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton MA | |
Drawing Show, Salve Regina College Gallery, Newport RI | |
1992 | Balls, People and Other Abstractions, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton MA |
1990 | Juried exhibition, Floyd County Art Museum, New Albany IN |
Indiana Arts Competition, American States Insurance Company, Indianapolis IN | |
1989 | National Society of Arts and Letters Juried Exhibition, Indiana University Campus Community Arts Center, Bloomington IN |
1987 | Third Annual Young Artists Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA |
Interiors/Exteriors, Hudson Walker Gallery, Provincetown MA |
Bibliography
Naves, Mario. "Waving to the 20th Century En Route to the 19th" New York Observer May 21, 2001
Worth, Alexi. New Yorker May 14, 2001
Black, Jane. "Similarly Opposed" Dayton Daily News Feb. 13, 2001
Unger, Miles. "David Gloman and Katy Schneider" Art New England Dec. 1999
Boucher, Christopher. "Gloman and Schneider Paint from Close-Up, Far Off" Daily Hampshire Gazette Sept. 24, 1998
McQuaid, Cate. "Beauty in the Balance of Nature and Math" Boston Globe May 1995