René Romero Schuler has been working professionally as an artist in the Chicago area since 1987. She began by painting commissioned art pieces for corporate clients and interior designers, as well as doing scenic work, props and backdrops.
Romero Design was formed in 1991, and over the course of ten years employed over twenty-five artists and artisans to assist on numerous commercial and residential applications.
Now working solely as a fine artist, Schuler has created an explosive body of work. Touted as being expressionistic, her work has been compared to that of Jean Dubufet and Willem DeKooning, though Schuler admits being influenced by contemporary “expressionists” as well, such as Gerhard Richter, Nathan Oliveira, Joan Mitchell and many others. Her work is executed primarily in oil with deep and rich tones. Her textures express the depths of human emotion in a style that welcomes the viewer far into each individual piece. The surface of Schuler’s paintings are “sculpted” with the use of the palette knife and distressed to convey turbulence and chaos.
Ms. Schuler has taught credited courses in painting at Ray College of Design (now Illinois Institute of Art), and Chicago City Colleges. Her work has been shown with the Renaissance Society in Chicago, and she has had several major shows of her work throughout the country, with current representations in Florida, Chicago, Indiana, Michigan, and Paris. She has also been featured in numerous publications, lectured at Northwestern University, and has had media interviews on TV and radio.
René Romero Schuler
1435 N. Green Bay Rd.
Lake Forest, IL 60045
312-952-3005
rene@reneschuler.com
www.reneschuler.com