Alyssa Schmidt
American, b. 1980 Cleveland, OH, based in Brookline, VT
Full Old Moon Behind Clouds
2018
Oil on canvas
11 x 13 in
$200
Something Simple and at Peace
2018
Oil on panel
12 x 9 in
$200
Ice Fishing Shacks in Brattleboro
2018
Oil on panel
8 x 13 in
$300
West Dummerston Covered Bridge
2018
Oil on panel
8.75 x 12 in
$300
Winter Trees on Hill from Brattleboro
2018
Oil on panel
9 x 11.5 in
$300
Sitting Train, Conn. River, Bellows Falls, Spring
2018
Oil on panel
8 x 10 in
$250
Putney Mountain Ridge
2018
Oil on panel
9 x 12 in
Sold
Sugar Maple in Winter
2018
Oil on panel
11.5 x 9 in
$300
Pruned Peach Tree
2018
Oil on canvas
13 x 11 in
$300
Birch Tree Out Bathroom Window
2016
Oil on panel
11 x 8 in
$300
Shed in the Backyard
2017
Oil on panel
8 3/4 x 12 in
$300
Beech Forest Hill Above Path
2005
Oil on panel
9.5 x 7.75 in
$250
Puddles in Parking Lot
2005
oil on panel
6 x 4.5 in
$200
Pine Tree from the Railroad Bed
2005
Oil on canvas
19 x 14.5 in
$600
Pilgrim Monument Spring
2005
oil on panel
13 x 9 in
$250
Artist’s Statement
“These are the day to day things I see, and live with. They are exceptional, because there is something about what I see to which I go back to again and again. They are mundane, as they can be easily passed over during a day or a lifetime as the all too familiar.
My work involves a balance of time that is incredibly planned, and very much spontaneous. For example, I only have a certain time of year if I want to paint tree branches before the leaves develop. When I want to paint a morning shadow instead of an evening one, I need to study the shadows, and plan accordingly. I have to be familiar with what each season brings, as textures, daylight, and time passes. This is a practice I enjoy, and which keeps me calm. It is something personal, and very simple. “
- Alyssa Schmidt
Biography
Alyssa Schmidt works on site, painting and drawing what the artist sees as her place in the world: a perspective of Schmidt’s careful, mindful daily practice of noticing and observing. Through the changes the artist sees in the context of a day to a year, from seed growth to weather, to her own aging; Schmidt finds newness in what may otherwise be overlooked as the mundane.
Schmidt’s working practice is fluid and easily transportable allowing the artist, along with her patient observation of time, to bring the balance of spontaneity to carefully planned compositions.
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