Artist Statement

My artistic process begins in daily life as I’m walking or driving around the city. I take snapshots constantly with my phone of anything beautiful that catches my eye, from reflections on street signs, to bright lights, to partially obstructed glimpses of sky. Later, in the studio, I work to capture in paint the fleeting moments that stopped me in my tracks. I’m interested in what connects us to nature in an urban setting, glitches in the translation of these images through technology, and what it means to be a human in our modern era.

My process is marked by repeated erasure and recreation, rubbing out and then repainting, until I achieve something that is loose and spontaneous but also true.

Artist Bio

Hilary Schenker is a landscape oil painter based in DC. Her roots are in illustration and graphic design, but in 2020 the pandemic led her to refocus on her true passion, fine art. In 2017 she was selected as a Flight School Fellow through Pittsburgh Center for the Arts/ Pittsburgh Filmmakers and she is a juried member of multiple local and national art associations. Her work has been shown at galleries and at Fine Art Festivals across the East Coast. She is represented by PxP Contemporary and Foundry Gallery. In 2025 she was awarded Honorable Mention at the Hill Center DC Galleries Regional Exhibition.

Hilary lives in Takoma Park with her husband, twin daughters, and rescue dog, and maintains a studio at DC Arts Studios in DC.

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