portraits and landscapes by 

Chuck Schroeder

opens on Saturday and Sunday, November 1 & 2.

A First Friday public reception on Nov. 7 from 5-8 p.m. will feature the artist.

Paintings are also available for viewing and purchase Friday-Sunday, 12-5 from November 1 – 30 or by appointment (contact chuck@schroederfineart.com). 

Schroeder notes, “This is a collection of portraits and landscapes, from finished works to the quick studies I do in preparation for larger, more complex drawings and paintings.” The works reflect travels and relationships formed from Nebraska, Wyoming and South Dakota, to Scotland, Italy and the Netherlands. A special collection of illustrations were completed recently for “When Scrooge Stole Drawing”, a poem by New Mexico artist, Rebekah Powers, to be published in December. A group of holiday cards and prints are available for purchase.

Since 2018, Chuck Schroeder has been dedicated to the life of an artist, after an adventurous career as CEO of major industry and cultural organizations, a competitive horseman, rancher, livestock judge, politician, fund raiser, fist shaking activist, and founder of several organizations championing the interests of rural people and communities. After many years of instruction and mentoring with recognized artists in the Taos, NM, community, his work in this chapter of life reflects the beautiful character of people, horses and places he encounters globally.

Schroeder’s work has been featured in more than a dozen one-man shows over the last six years. Private collectors in a dozen US states have acquired his drawings and paintings through gallery purchases and commissions.

The exhibit is supported in part by the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and contributors to the non-profit WallSpace for Artists and Audiences. 

paintings by Robin Smith

The exhibit is open Fridays-Sundays, 12-5 p.m. October 3-26.

Smith’s vibrant still life paintings make common objects a joy to behold. Scenes and skies from Nebraska’s Pine Ridge and the West Coast offer a compelling, different view of Smith’s painting prowess.

His scenic paintings reflect a lifetime of personal experience.  “Growing up on Cape Cod gave me a sense of the vastness of the landscape.” 

A former Chadron State College faculty member, Smith studied painting at the Skowhegan School and the University of Massachusetts before the MFA program at UN-L. He went on to earn a doctorate in visual ethnography from Arizona State. 

Robin Smith’s work has been shown at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney, the Sheldon Museum of Art and other regional museums and galleries. His paintings are part of many private collections and are held by MONA and Sheldon.

The exhibit is supported in part by the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and contributors to the non-profit WallSpace for Artists and Audiences. Paintings are available for viewing and purchase Friday-Sunday, 12-5 from October 3-26 or by appointment by emailing doctor.robin.smith@gmail.com.