Marc
Schimsky - Born in Brooklyn, NY, and raised on Long Island, Marc Schimsky
began painting and drawing at an early age. He learned how to make original hand-pulled
relief block prints in high school and in college he majored in education with
a focus on "intaglio" printmaking, painting and design. From 1969 to 1970, he
studied at the University of Siena, Italy, and attended classes in fresco painting
and sculpture at the Istituto Statale d'Arte di Duccio di Buoninsegna. In 1976,
Marc received a master's degree from Pratt Institute where he was awarded an assistantship
from Clare Romano-Ross, the innovator of the collograph process.
Although
a master printmaker, Marc has been painting in oils and acrylics since 2005. His
paintings are generally figurative and reflect experiences he has encountered
while traveling or activities involving family and friends. He enjoys probing
the psychology of his subjects by capturing them mid-stream in a familiar activity.
Aspects of his subjects may be in sharp focus in one moment and then in an instant,
areas fade, move or disappear. In addition, Marc's paintings often feature an
explosion of texture and color that is very much driven by emotion. His vibrant
color palette and his brushwork are reminiscent of the Expressionists and the
San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Painters of the 1950s.
In
contrast to his figurative works, Marc loves the intuitive and improvisational
aspects of abstraction. He finds the challenge of creating an abstraction "liberating."
His mixed media abstractions and his solar-etched images are composed of layers
of engaging colors, textures, and objects. Many of these abstract arrangements
communicate his interest in memory, the passage of time, the ephemeral nature
of life, history and travel. Marc's mixed media abstractions are inspired by the
works of Robert Rauschenberg and Larry Rivers and other members of the Neo-Dadaist
movement of the 1950s and 60s.
Over
the years, Marc's works have been exhibited at the following venues:
The
Artist's Magazine's 24th and 25th Annual Art Competitions Roberson Art &
Science Museum, Binghamton, NY B J Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY The National
Academy of Design, N.Y.C. Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
The Orazio Salati Studio & Gallery, Binghamton, NY The Windsor Whip Works
Gallery, Windsor, NY The New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA. The Art
Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts The Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Md. The
AFA Gallery, Scranton, Pa. The Long Beach Arts Center, Long Beach, California
Marc's
studio is located on the third floor of the Truman Lacey Building, (above the
Butternut Gallery & Second Story Books) 204 Church Street, at the foot of Public
Avenue, directly opposite the historic County Courthouse, close to the intersection
of PA 29 and 706 in the heart of Montrose. The studio can be visited by appointment
only or during advertised "open studio" events. To make an appointment please
call: 631-921-6217 or you may request an appointment by writing an e-mail to:
mschim@optonline.net
Marc
Schimsky - Born in Brooklyn, NY, and raised on Long Island, Marc Schimsky
began painting and drawing at an early age. He learned how to make original hand-pulled
relief block prints in high school and in college he majored in education with
a focus on "intaglio" printmaking, painting and design. From 1969 to 1970, he
studied at the University of Siena, Italy, and attended classes in fresco painting
and sculpture at the Istituto Statale d'Arte di Duccio di Buoninsegna. In 1976,
Marc received a master's degree from Pratt Institute where he was awarded an assistantship
from Clare Romano-Ross, the innovator of the collograph process. 
Although
a master printmaker, Marc has been painting in oils and acrylics since 2005. His
paintings are generally figurative and reflect experiences he has encountered
while traveling or activities involving family and friends. He enjoys probing
the psychology of his subjects by capturing them mid-stream in a familiar activity.
Aspects of his subjects may be in sharp focus in one moment and then in an instant,
areas fade, move or disappear. In addition, Marc's paintings often feature an
explosion of texture and color that is very much driven by emotion. His vibrant
color palette and his brushwork are reminiscent of the Expressionists and the
San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Painters of the 1950s. 
In
contrast to his figurative works, Marc loves the intuitive and improvisational
aspects of abstraction. He finds the challenge of creating an abstraction "liberating."
His mixed media abstractions and his solar-etched images are composed of layers
of engaging colors, textures, and objects. Many of these abstract arrangements
communicate his interest in memory, the passage of time, the ephemeral nature
of life, history and travel. Marc's mixed media abstractions are inspired by the
works of Robert Rauschenberg and Larry Rivers and other members of the Neo-Dadaist
movement of the 1950s and 60s. 