JAMES BRUCE SCHWABACH
I have traveled through our country, and to France, England; and of course through Italy to see the great sites made famous by artists through time.
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MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST
I remember my first morning I was in Venice, at a cappuccino bar with workers on their way.
As I looked onto the Grand Canal from the small island of Lido, I knew that my life had come to a wonderful place. It was my chance at painting the light and color of Venice, while dreaming of Turner’s great collection at the Tate. The near perfect integration of the physical and spiritual nature of life is found in these works.
I try to capture this in my paintings of Maine, and my works of the Erie Canal in Central, New York. In the light, and color of the every day, I want my paintings to say that there is something uplifting and miraculous before us.
Associate Professor of Fine Arts Herkimer College of SUNY | 1978-2014
Emeritus Associate Professor of Fine Arts | 2014
MFA | Penn State University | 1975
Recent Awards and Exhibitions
- 2019. Exhibit Bassett Hospital Cancer Center, Cooperstown, NY
- 2018. Juried Exhibit Cooperstown Annual Nationally Juried Exhibit
- 2017 Painting Prize Cooperstown Annual Nationally Juried Exhibit, Cooperstown, NY
- 2017 One Man Show Little Falls Public Library
- 2017 Juror Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts, Little Falls NY
- 2016 Denver Pastel Society Juried Exhibit
- 2016 United States Botanical Gardens, Washington, DC
Painting and Photographing the Flora of the National Parks\ - 2016 Group Exhibit 50 Year Faculty Exhibit, Herkimer College
- 2016 Pottery Exhibit, Smithy Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
- 2015 One Man Show, Mohawk Valley Center of the Arts, Little Falls, NY
- 2014 One Man Show Retrospective Cogar Gallery Herkimer College of SUNY
- 2013 Pastel Group Juried Exhibit, Cazenovia College
- 2012 Cogar Gallery, faculty exhibit, Herkimer County Community College
- 2011 Two Man Exhibit, Stanley Theater Gallery, New York Cancel of the Arts, Utica, NY
- 2011 Arkel Museum, Juried Exhibit, Canajoharie, NY
- 2010 Cherry Branch Gallery, Cherry Valley, NY
- 2010 Arkel Museum_ Juried Exhibit
- 2009 Cogar Gallery, Herkimer County Community College, One Man show
- 2009 National Juried Exhibit, Cooperstown, NY
- 2009 Cooperstown Regional Juried Exhibit
- 2008 Smithy Gallery, “Painters of Central New York”, Cooperstown
- 2007 Cooperstown Artists Association, “Art on the Lawn” Exhibit
- 2006 National Juried Pastel Exhibition, Old Forge Art Center, Old Forge, NY
- 2005 Cogar Gallery, Herkimer County Community College, One Man Show
- 2005 Saranac Lake Arts Center Juried Exhibit, Saranac Lake, NY
- 2000 Old forge Art Center, One Man Show
- 1999 Jewish Community Center Gallery, Utica, NY One Man Show
- 1998 Cooperstown Artists Association, Juried Pastel Exhibit
- 1997 St. Johns University, Queens, NY Nationally Juried Spiritual Art Exhibit
- 1997 Central NY Art Council Exhibit, Utica, NY Two Man Show
- 1997 Old Forge Art Center Regional Exhibit, Painting Prize
- 1996 Cogar Gallery, Herkimer County Community College, Faculty Exhibit 1996 Old Forge Art Center Nationally Juried Pastel Exhibit
- 1995 Silvermine Gallery of Art, New Canaan, Conn. New England Juried Exhibit 1995 Cooperstown National Juried Exhibit
- 1995 Kirkland Art Association, Clinton, NY Juried Exhibit
- 1994 Cazenovia College Gallery of Art, Cazenovia, NY Juried Exhibit
- 1993 Visions Gallery, Albany New York, National Juried Spiritual Art
- 1992 Central New York Artists Council, Two Man Show, Utica, NY
- 1992 SUNY College of Technology, Utica, NY Regional Juried Exhibit
- 1989 Old Forge Art Center, National Watercolor Show
- 1988 Wantagh Jewish Center Temple Finalist Holocaust Memorial Project
- 1987 Washington, DC National Juried Spiritual Art Exhibit
- 1986 Dallas, Texas National Juried Spiritual Art Exhibit
- 1985 New York, NY National Juried Spiritual Art Exhibit
- 1985 Painting Chosen for Cover of Text of Spiritual Art, Prentice Hall Publisher
- 1982 Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase, NY Texaco Corporate Painting Prize
- 1981 Barrett Gallery, Utica College of Syracuse University One Man Show
- 1979 Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY “Artists of Central New York” Juried Show
- 1979 Silvermine Gallery of Art, New Canaan , Conn. Painting Prize
- 1977 Hetzel Union Art Gallery, Penn State University One Man show
- 1976 Corcoran Gallery of art, Washington, DC Juried Group Drawing Show
Private and Public Collections
Pennsylvania State University Permanent Collection
Herkimer College of SUNY, Herkimer, NY
Kelsey and Justin Alford, Sterling , Virginia
Dr. Robert Pring, Bailey Island, Maine
Deborah and Glen Modlin, Jupiter, Florida
Dr. William Pelz, Herkimer, NY
Patricia and Ed McDaniel, Richfield Springs, NY
Allen and Linda Vincent, Little Falls, NY
Guy and Sharon Corriero, Portland, Maine
Bruce and Susan Rosinoff, Edgartown, Mass.
Matt Powers, Herkimer, NY
Gloria, and Jane Lamanna, Isle of Capri, New York, NY
Raymond and Grace Osborne, Ilion, NY
Dr. Bashar Omarbasha, Oneida, NY
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