A two-person exhibition:
The Cerebral Dichotomies
of the Boerne
Dyad
Bill Scheidt / Sidney Sinclair
Sidney Sinclair
Artist Statement
“The spirituality of life – It is full of peace, drama and passion, and I want to capture it all in my paintings.”
-My artwork utilizes the exploration of different pictorial formats to convey universal emotions. My paintings have often brought with them a sense of spirituality, of serene sensibilities, of peace, but now I explore more dramatic impulses, conflicts, and bursts of abstractions. Controlled chaos revolves within the value subtleties and the immense contrasts. In this rediscovered exploration of ‘new and old’, I bring the drama of color and composition to my subjects, skies and abstractions.
In my own cognizance I am moving forward with the stepping stones of a “back to basics” mentality. I feel they can coexist.
Oh Yes they can!
I love to paint the beauty inspired by the world around me - an artistic reflection as I see it, as I feel it, as I know it; flipping from traditional to the abstract.
Can’t a painter love it all!
I want to make art that moves back and forth among the genres as the spirit guides me. I find the beauty, the peace, and the impactful in everything.
Look! It’s all around you!
My motivation is anchored in
an idea of wanting to paint it all combined with a drive to move forward, ‘A New Beginning with an Old Tradition’. I pursue the extraordinary in the ordinary, transitioning life to canvas aided with creative self-expression; striving to capture the present beauty in old and new ways.
I capture the moment in time to share with others. My art conveys the love of life, the love of art and the love of sharing.
How do I do this?
Answer: In anyway which brings that artistic magic to life, whether it’s traditional or abstract, traditional or contemporary.
This dichotomy depends on the intuitive response of the feeling I want to express. 2015 is all about using the tools I have acquired over the last 30 years and invest them into various ways of bringing new ideas to old styles, a blended way in which to show my perspective on the ever evolving world of art and this life.
You will see something new and something old, which hopefully gives you a peek at the world around me as I see it.
I give myself permission for a freedom of self-expression, regardless of genre of style, schooling, and category. I will use everything and anything needed to get the viewer to experience the specialness of life!
Artist Statements / Bio
Bill Scheidt
Artist Statement
As a kid on our family’s 1,300 acre ranch in Bandera County I spent large blocks of time hunting in a deer blind. The purpose was to provide meat for the freezer for the rest of the year. This gave me many opportunities to observe all kinds of wildlife as they went about their daily business. You never knew what might show up, from Golden Eagles to Javelina. This has inspired me to study them further and as a painter, portray them accurately in their glory and surrounded by their natural environment.
There are three main groups of subject matter of my art.
One of those is wildlife, of which these pieces are representative.
This series of paintings for the Dyad exhibition for J.R. Mooney Galleries include:
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“Pheasant Fields”, the Ringneck Pheasant who resides in many of our Midwest states, although is not native here, originating from China.
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“High Country Buck”, a mule deer buck in the back-lit aspens native to our Rocky Mountain West.
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“Empty Nest”, a pair of Burrowing Owls who live in abandoned prairie dog burrows. This was a finalist in the Wyoming Conservation Stamp Competition.
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“Harem Master”, a bull elk (Wapiti as the Native American knew them) whose domain is the American high country. I love the way the light falls on this animal.
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“Sunrise Sound”, this depicts a Bison calling just as he is silhouetted by the rising sun.
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“Block Creek Bluff”, the painting shows an old oxbow (bluff) on the creek in northern Kendall County, as a Red-tailed Hawk returns to its nesting tree.
Interestingly, Bill Scheidt worked the horse route around Boerne from 1971 till about 1987, and still resides in Boerne. He was also the Farrier for what was previous - Fair Oaks Ranch, before it was a gated community on I-10 known as the same name.
With such an extended and significant career around horses it is not surprising the subject matter that garners Scheidt’s attention. He has studied at the Scottsdale Artists School; taken workshops with: artist, Roy Andersen; CAA artist, Joe Beeler; CAA artist, Jim Norton; CAA artist, R. S. Riddick and Bruce Greene; and attended various other Cowboy Artists of America workshops. Bill Scheidt is also a Signature Member of the Artists for Conservation Foundation, “Supporting wildlife and habitat conservation, biodiversity, sustainability, and environmental education through art that celebrates our natural heritage.”
servitude to an entrusted legacy.
