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 background is in illustration and graphic design. She’s the illustrator of the book Same Sun Here, published by Random House, and the founder and creative behind Green Comma Media. In 2017 she was selected as a Flight School Fellow through Pittsburgh Center for the Arts/ Pittsburgh Filmmakers and she is a current member of Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Society of Artists, Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators and Chevy Chase Art Association. Her work has been shown at galleries including Robert Morris Gallery and AAP Gallery, and she was awarded Honorable Mention at the 2025 Hill Center DC Galleries Regional Exhibition.

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