There is beauty and timelessness in the fluidity of oil paintings and figure studies. Familiar colors combined to create the image of light and motion that spark the viewer’s memories and imagination.
Hilary is a long time painter who has worked in commercial art, illustration and representational artworks . Her large scale marine oil paintings are appreciated by decorators as well as water sports enthusiasts. Recently she has focused on life drawing figure studies in watercolor and conte.
In the last few years she was awarded Best in Show at an exhibit at the Lighthouse Art Center of Jupiter, Florida and given a solo exhibit at an event at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. Art in Public Places exhibits include the Palm Beach International Airport and the City of Boynton Beach. In addition she includes the honor of being selected to participate in gallery shows shows in Colorado and 1the Palm Beach area. She received prizes and exhibited at the Armory Art Center, the Lighthouse Art Center, Palm Beach Cultural Council and enjoyed representation at the Lars Bolander Gallery.
Hilary was was born in Manhattan, and her love of art began when she was quite young. She was raise in a unique community of photographers, illustrators, theater people and abstract impressionists. Her in-studio art lessons started at age 8. Fascinated and inspired by the painted worlds she often visited in her favorite museums she was encouraged to expand her knowledge and skills. During high school year ... view more »
There is beauty and timelessness in the fluidity of oil paintings and figure studies. Familiar colors combined to create the image of light and motion that spark the viewer’s memories and imagination.
Hilary is a long time painter who has worked in commercial art, illustration and representational artworks . Her large scale marine oil paintings are appreciated by decorators as well as water sports enthusiasts. Recently she has focused on life drawing figure studies in watercolor and conte.
In the last few years she was awarded Best in Show at an exhibit at the Lighthouse Art Center of Jupiter, Florida and given a solo exhibit at an event at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. Art in Public Places exhibits include the Palm Beach International Airport and the City of Boynton Beach. In addition she includes the honor of being selected to participate in gallery shows shows in Colorado and 1the Palm Beach area. She received prizes and exhibited at the Armory Art Center, the Lighthouse Art Center, Palm Beach Cultural Council and enjoyed representation at the Lars Bolander Gallery.
Hilary was was born in Manhattan, and her love of art began when she was quite young. She was raise in a unique community of photographers, illustrators, theater people and abstract impressionists. Her in-studio art lessons started at age 8. Fascinated and inspired by the painted worlds she often visited in her favorite museums she was encouraged to expand her knowledge and skills. During high school years she worked in New York as a sketch artist for the theatrical costume company Costume Associates.
After moving to Colorado at age 18, the artist was employed as a commercial artist and as a sign painter. She also painted large sets for rodeo productions. Over the ensuing years she continued her studies in residential workshops in landscape painting with Scott Christensen and painting of the horse with Ned Jacob. Hilary’s major influences in Florida include studies with the master painters Miroslav Antic and Fernando Porras as well as the noted art director Robert Barra.
The artist is grateful to the encouragement of friends as well as clients and decorators who have commissioned artwork.
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