Studio 5

 

NATALIE schloss

PAINTING

Natalie Schloss was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Fortunately, her intensely musical family recognized that Natalie’s gifts happened to lie in the realm of the visual arts. As siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles pursued a variety of classical instrumental studies,  Natalie was encouraged to go her own way, beginning her formal art training at an early age in a variety of serious “beaux arts” programs, including classes at the St. Louis Art Museum. In 2007, she entered a regional competition, which awarded her a scholarship for summer art classes at Fontbonne University. The following summer, she was nominated for, and was awarded, a scholarship to the Missouri Fine Arts Academy at Missouri State University.

Natalie’s decision to attend the University of Dallas might seem a counter-intuitive decision for a young artist with a serious commitment to a career in the arts. Indeed, given the abilities which she had been working so diligently to develop, a BFA from an academy of fine arts would have been the next logical step.  Yet it was Natalie’s very immersion in her art that prompted her to aspire to the kind of holistic intellectual, cultural, and spiritual foundation—that is, an education embodying the best of the western Catholic academic tradition-- only to be found at the University of Dallas.  Natalie graduated cum laude in 2013, earning a BA in Art with an emphasis on painting and art history. She currently resides in St. Louis, where she paints and teaches out of her studio at the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles, Missouri.

For Natalie, the glory of God is inextricably bound to every aspect of the creative process —from the magnificence of nature to the very existence of an innate sense of creativity which enables man to produce a material culture of beauty and utility. Thus it should come as no surprise that landscapes involving church architecture and other personally (to her or to her clients) meaningful structures take up a large part of her portfolio. 

As an award-winning artist, Natalie’s body of work is continually evolving as she looks for new ways to capture life’s beauty and to share her faith. Recent work includes paintings of St. Louis and the Missouri River, as well as a collage piece of the Holy Family and the Nashville Cathedral. She also accepts commissions for original paintings and graphic designs for wedding invitations and other milestones, such as births, baptisms, and anniversaries.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I create paintings of understated beauty.

I am inspired by artists that create multi-layer pieces, and captivated by artwork with multiple layers. 

I provide a fresh perspective on the world, observing the charming, tranquil, and magnificent creation that is God’s.

I see the beauty in the ordinary.

I capture both the iconic and the atypical by means of an abstract angle of tradition.

I immerse viewers in a world that is intellectual, cultural, and spiritual.

I build charming, meaningful, and tranquil visions of the world through changing landscapes and religious subjects.

CONTACT

natalieschlossart@gmail.com

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 TESTIMONIALS

My daughter is taking private art lessons with Ms. Schloss to aid in developing her portfolio for college. Ms. Schloss is a talented professional artist and a kind and courteous teacher. She has introduced my daughter to many different art forms and strengthened her technique in several areas. With her help, I feel my daughter will be very well prepared for her college application process!
– Dana Hoffman

Miss Natalie’s class is very fun and I’ve learned a lot about drawing techniques. I like that I am able to choose subjects for my drawings in her class. 
- Eric Nohara-LeClair

My son took to Miss Natalie right away. He already liked art but has grown as an artist since he started class a year ago. We like the option of private lessons in order to work around Eric’s other commitments. 
- Michiko Nohara-LeClair