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The Roxbury Arts Group Announces Between the Mountains and the Mayor Paintings by Robert Schneider
ROXBURY - June 8 - July 13 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday June 8, 4-6pm
Stamford Headwaters Arts Center
607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org
An exhibition of landscape paintings by Stamford Mayor Robert Schneider opens at the Headwaters Center for the Arts on June 8th 2024 from 4-6pm. Between the Mountains and the Mayor invites visitors to explore the feelings of place and engage with the landscapes that surround us. Come experience the work of a painter with a profound relationship with art and the community of Stamford, NY.
For over 40 years, Mayor Robert Schneider has been working on creating classical landscapes in his own distinct style that focuses on atmosphere and light instead of details of a specific location. Mayor Schneider studied at The Art Student’s League in the 1970's and spent summers in Stowe, Vermont under the tutelage of Frank Mason. His work is influenced by the painters of the Hudson River School, The American Tonalists and 19th century Impressionists.
In a 2007 profile in American Artist magazine Mr. Schneider says "My paintings are based on direct observation and memory... Even when I start a picture outdoors, I usually finish it in the studio so I can give more careful attention to the abstract relationships inherent in the composition as well as the total impact of the image."
Mayor Schneider’s work has been shown at The National Art’s Club, The Salmagundi Club, The Hudson River Museum, The Hudson Valley Artists Association, The Newington Cropsey Foundation, The Oklahoma Museum of Art, Bard College and The Fenimore Museum. Mr. Schneider lives in Stamford, NY with his wife, the painter Susan Goetz. He has been Mayor of the Village of Stamford, NY since 2019.
Come to the Headwaters Arts Center, 66 Main Street in Stamford on Saturday June 8th between 4 and 6pm for a chance to enjoy light refreshments and engage with Mayor Schneider’s evocative landscape paintings and the artist himself.