About Me

 “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

A poet first...or so I thought. From that came a love of photography and photo editing. My photography highlights the natural beauty of the seasons, especially amid the rolling hills and waterways of western New York. Wandering the creeks near my home, standing beneath a small cascade or majestic waterfall, being truly present to the changes of season, delighting in the beauty of flowers and woodlands, standing on a rocky shoreline carried me along on what became a profound spiritual journey in a way that words alone could not contain. Then there is my passion for the sea and love of history - both so personal and profound that they are very frequently the source of my inspiration for poetry or art. 

Now, I have converted both those loves into digital paintings in a modified impressionist style that express what I see with the heart more than with the eye. I added to that the analogy of the spiritual journey in my Sea Stories paintings/poems - visual and verbal metaphors for our personal quest for character, courage and truth. Contemporary, yet timeless, my digital paintings are modern realism but with homage to the classic works. In addition to my current art work, I have two self-published volumes of poetry, "Songs of the Heart's Longing" from Blurb publishing and "Ecclesiastes for Sixty: Seasons in Solitude" from Xlibris. Both volumes contain my own original art and photography to accompany my contemporary style poetry.

My work has won a number of awards and contests including Light, Space and Time's Seascape competition for digital art, is on display at Trillium Gallery in Saugerties, NY and is currently appearing in Issue 4 of Trillium Gallery Magazine and Woven Tale Press online magazine. One of my works has also been selected by St. Jude Children's Research hospital to be auctioned off in support of the charity. 

You can find my full portfolio at Fine Art America - http://lianne-schneider.artistwebsites.com/
Or a beautiful selection at Trillium Gallery online - http://www.trilliumgallery.com/lianne-schneider-art.html
Or you can find both art prints and merchandise like desk sets, coasters, tee shirts and much more at my own personal website:
http://www.lianneschneiderart.com/