about Charles Schridde

"I paint. I love to paint. I get caught up in the moment and paint what I feel about a place - the smells - the light - the excitement I feel. I realize I must put the paint on quickly or the moment will be lost - so I paint and think paint. I'm wound up like a dancer that must match the music - I must match the light the color - the light - I'm trying to catch the mood and the light, I'm excited as a football player reaching back to catch the ball - stretching above the rest - I get excited - I must catch the light - the color. I paint without thinking, trying, doing, doing it with feeling, not thinking. I'm excited. I paint with emotion, concentrate, feel, think instinctually. I'm exhausted when finished. It's like being in love - the world's sounds and smells come back. I hope people feel the way I do when they look at my paintings."

EDUCATION:

• Chicago Art Institute, Scholarship, Chicago, IL
• Chicago Academy of Art, Chicago, IL
• American Academy of Art, Scholarship, Chicago, IL
• Center For Creative Studies, Instructor, Detroit, MI
• Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
• Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, MI
• University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

• Findley Art Gallery, One Man Show, Chicago, IL
• Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
• Joe Wade Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
• Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI
• Galerie Zuger, Aspen, CO
• 1998 Cowboy Trader, Detroit, One Man Show
• 1998 Professional Bull Riders Auction, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas
• Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association artists - Guest Artist
• Gallery di Sorrento, Ceasar's Palace, Las Vegas
• 2002 One Man Show Edenhurst Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
• 2003 One Man Show, El Paseo Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
• 2004 36th Annual CM Russell Show, Auction of Original Western Art, Great Falls, MO, Quick Draw Artist
• 2004 Sante Fe Art Auction, Santa Fe, NM
• 2005 37th Annual CM Russell Show, Auction of Original Western Art, Great Falls, MO, Quick Draw Artist

PUBLICATIONS:
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• Cowboys & Indians
• American Cowboy
• Persimmon Hill
• Pro Bull Rider - Covers and Feature Articles, 2/99
• Gentlemen's Quarterly
• Southwest Art, February 1998
• Book: Art of the American West - Contributing Artist
• American Planner Cover

AWARDS:

• '86 Creative Advertising Club of Detroit, Silver Medal
• '89 Creative Advertising Club of Detroit, 1Silver, 1 Gold Medal
• '89 & '96 Detroit Creative Director's Council, Gold Medal
• '96 Detroit Creative Director's Council, Best of Show
• '96 International Automotive Advertising Award, Silver
• '97 Bosque County Conservatory of Fine Arts, Artist's Popular Choice
• '99 "Best Bull" medal for oil painting "Van Gogh Bull" PRCA Cowpalace Art Show, San Fransisco
• '02 Best Western Fair Poster
• '02 Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival, 3rd place
• '02 Palm Springs Desert Museum, Artists Council Exhibition, 2nd Place
• '02 Palm Springs Desert Museum, Artists Council Exhibition, People's Choice

MEMBER:

• Scarab Club of Detroit
• Laguna Beach Plein Air Association