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1. Ay Que, encaustic, 24” x 24”
2. Gin, encaustic, 24” x 24”
3. Knock Knock, encaustic, 36” x 36”
4. Passion, encaustic, 36” x 36”
5. Lips & Orange, encaustic, 12” x 24”
6. Lips & Pool, encaustic, 24” x 48”
7. Lips & Pow, encaustic, 24” x 48”
8. Night, encaustic, 24” x 24”
9. Special Preview, encaustic, 36” x 36”
10. Spectacular Spectacular, encaustic, 48” x 48”
11. Summer Night’s Dream, encaustic, 48” x 48”
12. Summer Secret, encaustic, 24” x 24”
13. Sun, encaustic, 36” x 36”
14. Thwack, encaustic, 48” x 48”
15. Welcome Back, encaustic, 24” x 24”

Contact Information
80 Highspire Road
Downingtown, PA 19335
tel: 610-942-9629
e-mail: jeff@jeffschaller.com
www.jeffschaller.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
Using lost and found images, words and language, my goals are to paint with a precision and intricacy not normally found in encaustic paintings. My approach is with a vision towards expressionistic and contemporary. Instantaneously setting powerful brush strokes that evoke an emotional connection of the viewer to the past and reflect on their sensibility in the present as a result of their memory. I want people to bring their own thoughts and feelings into my artwork.

I paint using things that already exist, this is what feels true to me. I need to reflect on culture, past and present, as an arbiter of interpretation. Others have created and have only touched on, merely scratched the surface. I then explore the subtle nuances of language and life. I need to explore, as I begin to paint, I let my mind wander into a free association. I define my oeuvre with compositions, which are provocative and whimsical. It is my intent to propel the viewer into scenes of seemingly unrelated subjects, contained within a captivating and complex sonatas. The simultaneous expressions are pop and edgy, esoteric and direct, unrelated and curiously similar, creating a visual language of paradox and juxtaposition. I want to provoke an emotional response from the viewer.

That is why I paint.

Education
1992
Beaver College, Glenside, PA
BFA

1991
City of London Polytechnic, London, England

Awards
2005
Top 5 Most Influential Artists Business 2 Business

2003
First Place Mixed Media, Rittenhouse Fine Arts Show, Philadelphia, PA

2002
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship

Second Place Mixed Media, Rittenhouse Fine Arts Show, Philadelphia, PA

2001
First Place Mixed Media, Rittenhouse Fine Arts Show, Philadelphia, PA

1998
Purchase Award, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Victor Klein Family Award

1995
Second Place Mixed Medium, Jaycee’s Art in the Park, Sellersville, PA

Best of Show, ERM Art Show

1993
“Days of Hope” Art Contest , Meridian Bank

1992
Spruance-Daumier Art Award

Collections
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
AAA Headquarters, Wilmington, DE
SEPTA, Philadelphia Transit Authority, Philadelphia, PA
Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Environmental Resources Management, Exton, PA
Bank Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America, Philadelphia, PA
Gecko Graphics, West Chester, PA
Foxchase Cancer Center, Jenkintown, PA
Iron Hill Brewery, North Wales, PA
Paul Turner Productions, Bryn Mawr, PA
Silver Leaf, Clearview, AZ

Selected Exhibitions

2008
Linstrum + Matre Artworks, Atlanta, GA

Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA

2007
Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL

Galerie I.D., Geneva, Switzerland

Headshots, Kelly Webber Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Ruth Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ

Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY

2006
Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL

Robert Roman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

The Arts Scene, West Chester, PA

Oil + Wax: Encaustic Show, Robert Roman Gallery,
Scottsdale, AZ

2005
Oil + Wax: Encaustic Show, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk, ME

Oil + Wax: Encaustic Show, Wallingford Art Center,
Wallingford, PA

Galerie I.D., Geneva, Switzerland

Pop Rocks Gallery, Rehoboth, DE

Boon Gallery, Salem, MA
Invitational

Bettcher Gallery, Miami, FL

“Joey,” NBC TV Show, Burbank, CA

2004-2005
Your Own Backyard, Traveling Fellowship Exhibition
            Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
            Mainline Art Center,Haverford, PA
            Erie Museum of Art,Erie, PA
            Museum of Art at Johnston, Allegheny, PA
            Museum of Art at Altoona,Altoona, PA
            Sharadin Art Gallery,Kutztown, PA October 2005

2004
Creekside Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA

Historic Encaustic: Contemporary Explorations of the Medium, Baum Gallery of Fine Art, Conway, AR

2003 - 2004
“Friends,” NBC TV Show, Burbank, CA

2003
Encaustic Works 2003, Marist College,Pughkeepsie, NY

Museum Works Gallery, Aspen, CO

Rittenhouse Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2002
Rittenhouse Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Cheltenham 60th Annual Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham, PA

2001-2005
Immaculata College, Immaculata, PA

2001
American Color Print Society Exhibition, American College,
Bryn Mawr, PA

Encaustic Works 2001, Ulster County College,Stone Ridge, NY

Printmakers 2001, Widener University, Chester, PA

Rittenhouse Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Newbury Fine Arts Gallery, Boston, MA

Mainline Art Center, Haverford, PA

2000
Rittenhouse Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Newbury Fine Arts Gallery, Boston, MA

1997-2005
DeBottis Gallery, West Chester, PA