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ABOUT THE ARTIST ESTHER ENGELMAN  “The springboard that developed the solid structure for my work was an early emphasis on drawing. This gave me the ability to reduce a composition to its strongest and simplest elements, recording just enough detail, while still retaining the natural atmosphere and color of the location.”
“Always dependable, nature presents itself in perfect color, atmosphere and composition. Nature is universal and timeless. “
“Rarely will my painting include modern day objects which I feel alter nature's tranquility. I attempt to go beyond the re-creation of an object and instead re-create mood, atmosphere and condition. I paint the paintings I truly want to live with, always yearning for romance and escape, while extending an invitation to the viewer to linger and escape as well.”
Esther Engelman, born in Chicago, Illinois, grew up in Southern California where she attended Chouinard Art Institute. She is known for her beautiful seasonal landscapes, seascapes, winter scenes, and gardens in both oil and pastel and mediums. During her long career and extensive world travels, many of her subjects reflect impressions of such locales as Ireland, Scotland, England, Italy, France, Holland, Canada and the United States, notably the East and the West coasts.
Her work has been exhibited at museums such as The Bowers Museum where she became a two-time award winner at the Annual “Sights of Santa Ana” Exhibition, Carnegie Museum, Pacific Asia Museum, Fredrick R. Weisman Museum, Pasadena Historical Museum, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Phippen Museum, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Muchenthaler Cultural Center.
Engelman, an internationally published artist, is also a featured artist with Bentley House Fine Art Publisher in New York and California.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
California Art Club, Artist Member
Pastel Society of America, New York, Signature Member
Pastel Society of the West Coast, California
Oil Painters of America
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
Bower Museum, Ca., “Sights of Southern California” 1998 – 2004
Honorable Mention 2002, 1st Place 2001 and 2000
Carnegie Art Museum, Ca., “A Classic Competition” 1998, Honorable Mention
Frederick R Weisman Museum of Art, “On Location in Malibu, 2006, 2003, 1999
Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Ca., “Treasures of Sierra Nevada Exhibit” 1998
Natural History Museum of L.A., Ca., “Treasures of the Sierra Nevada Exhibit” 1998
Pacific Asia Museum, Ca., “Murder at the Museum” 2002
Pasadena Museum of History. Ca., “Contemporary Masters, Artistic Eden” 2007, “Annual Gold Medal
Juried Exhibition” 2002 - 2000
Pasadena Museum of California Art, Ca., “Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition” 2008, 2007, 2005 - 2003
Phippen Museum, Az., “On Location in Malibu, 2000
SELECTED SHOWS
California Art Club
“Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition”, Ca., 2008, 2007, 2005 – 1996
California Art Club Gallery at the Old Mill, Ca.,“Celebrating the Golden State” 2006, Monumental Miniatures” 2004,
“Holiday Mini Show” 2004,The Poetry of Still Life” 2004,Expressions of Winter” 2003,
“From Pasadena’s Arroyo to the San Gabriel Mountains”2003, “American Artists Abroad” 2002,
“The Huntington Gardens, II” 2001,“Contemporary Views of L.A.’s Historic Chinatown” 2001,
“Plein Aire Paintings of the Old Mill” 2000
“Spiritual Spectrum“, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, 2004
“3rd Annual Salon d’Automne”, Edenhurst/Morseburg Galleries, 2002
“1st and 2nd Annual Spring Salons”, Edenhurst/Morseburg Galleries, Ca., 2001-2000
“9th Annual Plein Aire at San Juan Capistrano Invitational, 2003
“The Chinatown Art Festival”, Hong Gallery, Los Angeles, 2001
Greenhouse Gallery International Salon, San Antonio,Texas, 2007
Jones and Terwilliger, Carmel, Ca.”Changing Seasons” 2005,
“Landscape Show” 2004,“American Landscapes” 2002
Morseburg Galleries Los Angeles, “Pastel Exhibition” 1998,“Winter Exhibition” 1997, “Solo Exhibition” 1997,
“Two Person Show”1996, Spring Exhibition” 1996, Fall Exhibition” 1995
Oil Painters of America "Oil Painters of America National Exhibition", Dana Gallery, Missoula MT. 2008
"Western Regional Miniature Exhibition", Waterhouse Galley, Santa Barbara Ca., 2007
Pastel Society of the West Coast “Pastels U.S.A., 19th Annual International Exhibition”, San Louis Obispo,
2005 Prize Winner
San Marino League, Ca. An Invitational Paint-Out at The Huntington”, 2008, 2004, 2002
Saint Joseph’s Providence Foundation Permanent Collection, Ca.
Bob and Dolores Hope Wing, Permanent Collection, Ca.
Roy and Patricia Disney Cancer Center, Permanent Collection, Ca.
Tirage Gallery, Pasadena, CA Circling the Globe” 2003, The Holiday Salon“ , Soft Images”,
Picture Postcard” 2002,“The Holiday Salon”, Dog Days”, Palette and Suitcase”, 2001,
En Plein Aire, On Location” , The Holiday Salon”, “Art in the Parks”,
On the Road” The Drawing Show” 2000, “The Holiday Salon”, Plein Aire - On Location” ,
"Not Your Typical Still Life” Across the Arroyo”,Off The Walls” , Women’s Place” 1999,
Going to the Dogs” , “The Holiday Salon” ,In Harms Way” 1998
San Marino Gallery, Pasadena, CA. Three Person Exhibit 2008
PUBLICATIONS
California Art Club’s Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition Catalog, 2007, 2005 - 2000
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, “Spiritual Spectrum” Catalog, 2004
Bowers Museum 7th Annual “Sights of Southern California” Catalog 2003
US Art, “Introduction’s 2002”, May 2002, “Born Again”, April 2002, “50 Artists to Watch”, March 2002
American Artist Magazine, April 2001, “Setting the Mood”
Southwest Art Magazine, 2002, 2001, and 1996
Pastel Artist International Magazine, August-October Issue, “Use Your Sense of Direction”, 2000
On Location in Malibu Catalog, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, 2006, 2003, 1999
Treasures of the Sierra Nevada Catalog, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 1998
Art of the American West, Rockport Publishers Inc, 1998
The Artist’s Magazine, 1994
Art of the West, 1992, 1993
International Fine Art Collector Magazine, 1992
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