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presented by Priska C. Juschka Fine Art
Born 1980 in Indianapolis, Indiana
I create paintings from my experiences and observations, portraying moments of bewilderment, tension, exhilaration, and fatigue as I encounter them. The act of transferring these moments onto canvas is important to my process — by fleshing them out in paint, I better understand the reality of these events. Each painting allows the viewer to look in on intensely private situations and interactions between characters.
The figures in my work are in the midst of a self-created revelation. They are caught in a climax that is the culmination of lives too carefully, and too carelessly, lived. These are the situations that I move through in life. These are the people and things around me.
The physical act of painting drives the work; putting the brush to the canvas is exceptionally powerful for me. I intuitively respond to color, composition, form, and surface throughout my process, allowing the painting to grow organically.
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 Ryan Schneider, The Display, 2011, Oil on canvas, 54 x 78 inch |
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 Ryan Schneider, Partners, 2011, Oil on canvas, 67 x 78 inch |
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 Ryan Schneider, Self-Portrait as Missing, 2009, Oil on canvas, 72 x 60 inch |
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 Ryan Schneider, Windows, 2011, Oil on canvas, 60 x 72 inch |
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 Ryan Schneider, When I Go Missing, 2010, Oil on canvas, 55 x 75 inch |
