oil on canvas

11.5" wd. x 15.5" ht. sight

17" wd. x 21" ht. framed (under glass)

Holly Schapker resides and works in Cincinnati, OH.  She graduated from Xavier University’s Art Department in 1992.  She then continued her painting education by studying under Michael Scott for ten years, whose fine art teaching process has a strong focus on painting outdoors. Her work has been the subject of many publications, including print, television, and radio. Holly has been invited to
demonstrate her painting techniques and creative process to universities all around the nation. She teaches Beginning, Advanced, and Thesis Painting at Xavier University.  In addition to her painting
demonstrations, Holly travels to give lectures as a creative catholic and hosts spiritual retreats.

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Outdoor painting and research has taken her on travels through Florence, Rome, Tuscany, Assisi, Cinque Terre, Italy; Paris, Lyon, Nice, St. Tropez, and Burgundy, France; Cotswolds, York, Oxford, London, England; Bilboa, Barcelona, Montserrat, Spain; Georgetown, ME; and Charlevoix, MI.  Ms. Schapker's paintings and drawings can be found in several corporate collections, universities, schools, and churches. She has been commissioned by the Archbishop of Cincinnati,  Xavier University, the Women’s Committee at the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Ronald McDonald House, as well as The Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Schapker's work is also in the collections of numerous private collectors throughout the nation.  She was an arts grant recipient by the City of Cincinnati and recognized as one of twelve “notable female alumni” at Xavier University.  Holly has received a special Presidential Citation at Xavier University in 2015 and was inducted in the Mother of Mercy High School Alumni Hall of Excellence in year 2009.