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SUMMARY:Still Life and Landscape: Oil Paintings by John Schisler
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DESCRIPTION:February 13 through March 8\, 2026 Opening Reception: Friday\, 
 February\n13\, 2026 (5pm-7pm) I’m very fortunate that by chance my first
 \npainting lessons at age seventeen introduced me to the use of Maroger\nm
 edium and the techniques of the Dutch Masters. My teacher\, Nancy Lee\nCon
 rad\, was a student of Jacque Maroger who studied the mediums of the\nold 
 masters and developed what he believed was the same medium used by\nTitian
 \, Rubens\, and Rembrandt. It took me several years after this\nfirst clas
 s to appreciate the significance and history of this method.\nWhen I made 
 the decision to pursue painting full time\, I wanted to\nmake sure my meth
 ods were as traditional as possible. This is why I\nmake my own medium\, b
 lack oil\, varnish\, and grind pigments into the\nblack oil to make some o
 f my paints. My still life paintings don’t\nalways start as a complete i
 dea\, rather they develop over the course\nof the painting. I prefer to pa
 int my still life paintings from life\nrather than a photograph to better 
 see shadows and highlights. I’ll\nset up a still life display of the mai
 n components in a shadow box\nwith a spot light focusing on composition an
 d color. As I’m working\non the painting\, new ideas come to me and I’
 ll make changes or add\nsmall details. I’m always looking for unique bac
 kgrounds\, settings\,\nand/or table tops that add more interest. I want th
 e viewer to\ninitially be drawn to my painting through the color\, composi
 tion\, or\nsubject matter\, and then the unique elements to hold their att
 ention\nand possibly spark a memory or personal connection. For the past\n
 couple of years my subjects have been classical still life but my\ninteres
 ts vary widely. I look forward to once again challenging myself\nwith wild
 life\, street scenes\, and nautical subjects. No matter my\ncurrent subjec
 t\, I always want the painting that’s on my easel to be\nbetter than the
  last. Venue: Rehoboth Art League.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:February 13 through March 8\, 2026 Opening Rec
 eption: Friday\, February 13\, 2026 (5pm-7pm) I’m very fortunate that by
  chance my first painting lessons at age seventeen introduced me to the us
 e of Maroger medium and the techniques of the Dutch Masters. My teacher\, 
 Nancy Lee Conrad\, was a student of Jacque Maroger who studied the mediums
  of the old masters and developed what he believed was the same medium use
 d by Titian\, Rubens\, and Rembrandt. It took me several years after this 
 first class to appreciate the significance and history of this method. Whe
 n I made the decision to pursue painting full time\, I wanted to make sure
  my methods were as traditional as possible. This is why I make my own med
 ium\, black oil\, varnish\, and grind pigments into the black oil to make 
 some of my paints. My still life paintings don’t always start as a compl
 ete idea\, rather they develop over the course of the painting. I prefer t
 o paint my still life paintings from life rather than a photograph to bett
 er see shadows and highlights. I’ll set up a still life display of the m
 ain components in a shadow box with a spot light focusing on composition a
 nd color. As I’m working on the painting\, new ideas come to me and I’
 ll make changes or add small details. I’m always looking for unique back
 grounds\, settings\, and/or table tops that add more interest. I want the 
 viewer to initially be drawn to my painting through the color\, compositio
 n\, or subject matter\, and then the unique elements to hold their attenti
 on and possibly spark a memory or personal connection. For the past couple
  of years my subjects have been classical still life but my interests vary
  widely. I look forward to once again challenging myself with wildlife\, s
 treet scenes\, and nautical subjects. No matter my current subject\, I alw
 ays want the painting that’s on my easel to be better than the last. Ven
 ue: Rehoboth Art League.
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