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René Romero SchulerSubjective | Objective
February 28 - March 28, 2020
opening reception: Friday, February 28th - 5 to 8pm
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Inspiration comes in a variety of forms. My artwork begins with my own stories and the energies that I carry for each one. There are also environmental influences that come from the myriad things I am exposed to, day by day. Fashion and its models are an endless source of discovery, intended to embody an ideal desired to be attained. Their poise, grace, beauty and seeming perfection are so elusive for most mortals, and yet in my work, I endeavor to communicate the fact that we all actually have those qualities and so much more within us. Our beauty may not be so readily apparent on the outside and often requires a bit more work for us to see it – but it is there.
The figures in my work remind us of just that; we are beautiful, spiritual, energetic beings that occupy a temporary physical, imperfect body. We are beyond time and space and so much more than the sum of our parts.
The palette knife work upon each canvas has very deliberate texture and mark-making, indicative of the trials, scars, and experiences of the lives that have shaped all of us. The figures are intentionally feminine and alluring, to convey the beauty and strength of spirit within, despite the rough texture of the surfaces they occupy. This is a theme that remains very strong in my heart. The stories continue to pour through me onto each canvas. I’ve got my own things to work through, which I do every day that I am creating. This message, though, is something that I genuinely feel we all need to believe: We are beautiful.
- René Romero Schuler, 2020
The figures in my work remind us of just that; we are beautiful, spiritual, energetic beings that occupy a temporary physical, imperfect body. We are beyond time and space and so much more than the sum of our parts.
The palette knife work upon each canvas has very deliberate texture and mark-making, indicative of the trials, scars, and experiences of the lives that have shaped all of us. The figures are intentionally feminine and alluring, to convey the beauty and strength of spirit within, despite the rough texture of the surfaces they occupy. This is a theme that remains very strong in my heart. The stories continue to pour through me onto each canvas. I’ve got my own things to work through, which I do every day that I am creating. This message, though, is something that I genuinely feel we all need to believe: We are beautiful.
- René Romero Schuler, 2020
