Inspired by Picasso, History, Literature and Imagination

Charlotte Shroyer, charlotteshroyer.com, paints intense and expressive images of the human face in the context of the universal human experience and events. She conveys a range of emotive states through her bold contemporary figurative images. Charlotte’s expressive faces penetrate below the superficial facades and reveal a myriad of emotions. They encourage us to see ourselves and others with a new perspective.

Charlotte’s lively forms are rearranged, contoured and delineated.  She is influenced by Picasso, Diebenkorn, Guayasamin and inspired by history and literature.

Charlotte lives and works in Taos, New Mexico, and has exhibited internationally.

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Over Our Shoulders, oil on canvas, 36″ x 18″

Charlotte’s many solo exhibitions have been presented throughout the U.S. and Europe including exhibitions at Galleria de Marchi, Bologna, Italy. Her art was presented in the juried exhibit “Peregrino” at Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico.

One of Charlotte’s paintings was selected for our “Love, Peace, Unity & Hope” 2025 Invitational Exhibition. Her art was also included “The Healing Power of Color” 2024 Invitational Exhibition presented on our other website The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS.

A Motley Crew, oil on canvas, 36″ x 36″

Charlotte states, “I am inspired by the world — its people, archaeology, and cultures. My favorite authors (i.e., Pamuk, Durrell, Pynchon, Vargas Llosa, et al), who explore duality of personality, what the individual shows to the world and what remains hidden to the world, influence what appears on my canvas.”

She adds, “Through painting I tap into and expand the depths of my unconscious and a world unconscious that transcends individual and cultural boundaries. Painting becomes a visual and intellectual adventure influenced by my work with children and adults with limited language skills.”

Tete a Tete, monotype on paper, 16″ x 6″

About her art journey Charlotte explains, “I became inspired by the printmaking process after taking an etching class at the University of Maryland while a professor on the College Park campus. This skill became the catalyst for producing the monotypes that I create today. While living in California, a course in Navajo weaving taught by a Navajo from the reservation led me to produce my own designs using traditional Navajo weaving techniques. These designs became the catalyst for production of pillows sold commercially in the Southwest.”

I Think a Lot, watercolor, pencil and ink, 6″ x 4″

Growing up in a rural area outside Columbus, Ohio, it was a summer vacation Bible school trip to the Columbus Museum of Art where she was intrigued by the work of George Bellows. Ten years later in an elementary education methods class at The Ohio State University she took paint brush in hand for the first time.

After 20 years as a teacher and college professor, a Ph.D. in language and learning disorders, and years of art classes at major universities, the “art seed” finally took hold on a serendipitous trip to Taos, New Mexico.

Here’s Looking at You, pastel with ink, 7″ x 4″

She has received numerous national and international awards for her abstract and contemporary figurative oils and monotypes. They include the First Place award, “Top Ten International Women in the Arts”, Rome, Italy and First Place, mixed media, in “Figuratively Speaking”, Art Association of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She received a First Place award from Women’s Caucus for Art, New York City. The American Juried Art Salon comprised of museum curators and directors named her as one of its “Emerging International Contemporary Artists”.

Someone, But Who, oil on paper, 9″ x 6″

Charlotte is also a published author. Additionally, while living in Nevada she wrote a monthly art column and a feature story about Navajo weaving published in an Albuquerque newspaper won her a San Francisco Best Feature award.

She is represented in Taos by Jackies Trading Post; and in Europe, by Trevisan International Art.

Banner: A composite of 3 different works of art by Charlotte Shroyer

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