VERONICA SCHMITT

MEDIUM

Painting

ARTIST STATEMENT

“My artwork captures the natural beauty of everyday life. I invite the viewer to slow down and enjoy fleeting, peaceful moments that celebrate light and color. I describe my paintings as snapshots of life.”

ARTIST BIO

Veronica Schmitt was born in Paris, France where she completed a master degree in Art. She studied at Ecole Nationale superieure des Beaux Arts and Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs. Former graphic designer, she left her advertising career to become a Fine Art painter in the early 2000s, shortly after she moved to the US. The exploration of a world that was new to her as well as the discovery of the California impressionist artists had a significant impact on her work. She paints lively and colorful snapshots of life, inviting the viewer to speculate about the story being depicted and suggesting the incredible diversity of our world.

Her work usually consists of figures and urban landscapes, but regardless of the subject or genre she chooses, light is always the strongest element in her paintings. Her visual approach reveals that search as she explores its interplay with shadow or reflections in relation to vibrant color. She works with a spontaneous and energized hand, applying loose brushstrokes of paint on a bright orange toned canvas, leaving the underpainting filter throughout the scene and giving the finished piece a distinctive glow.

She sees beauty in everyday scenes and find inspiration in her daily life in Southern California and during trips throughout the US and France.

She is a recognized award-winning artist and has collectors across the US, Canada, Australia and Europe. Her work has been selected for several solo shows, has received numerous awards and has been featured in Art Publications such as Southwest Art, The Artist Magazine and other books and magazines in the US and in France.