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Cindy Shaoul’s Art Inspires Dreams of the Past in the Future

ART INSPIRES. SOMETIMES IT INSPIRES BY EVOKING MEMORIES, OTHER TIMES IT INSPIRES BY CREATING DREAMS ABOUT THE FUTURE. ARTIST CINDY SHAOUL’S UNIQUE BLEND OF IMPRESSIONISTIC AND ABSTRACT PAINTINGS DO BOTH.

Shaoul’s stunning, quintessential New York street scenes paint a dreamy sense of place and style. Her romantic Plein-Air series of outdoor cafes, cobblestone street corners, and iconic New York City moments set the imagination on fire. Her Bride and Heart series makes you want to fall in love. Each Shaoul painting sparks daydreams of luxurious long lunches with old friends, long arm-in-arm flaneur-esque urban strolls on summer days, and the light-headedness of falling in love. Shaoul sets the scene and then hands it over to the viewer to imagine and live the intimate interactions.

Shaoul is drawn to subjects that mean something to her personally but their popularity show they clearly resonate with many others. With her Brides series, Shaoul paints exotic forms with expressive and highly textural brushstrokes that are full of intense color in a style that is loosely inspired by artists of the French Impressionist movement such as Renoir, Degas, and Mary Cassatt. Shaoul adores how Degas’ ballerinas embody such fluid movement and tries to replicate that in her own work. In her success, the viewer can feel the energy and passion that burst off Shaoul’s canvases.

Growing up in an artistic family, Shaoul was always surrounded by someone close to her making art. Her first direct connection to creating art came in high school but it took off in college when she was inspired by influential mentors and her travels around the world.

“When I paint to my music, my brush lands on the canvas with immediate rhythm and style. I want the Bride to have a dazzling

explosion of variable life to symbolize the future. The rhythm's surprise excites me while creating these pieces, and I aspire to bridge what I’ve learned in school with my passion for exuberant abstraction and depth of color into the essence of her figure and spirit,” commented Shaoul.

Shaoul’s travel inspiration is evident in all of her work, from her cafe scenes to her Stepping Out series. Each work harnesses a spirit of romance and luxury. It is almost as if you can hear the conversations of the intimate duo conspiring over a latte, or better yet, a spritz.

In her Dripping Dot series, it is as if the viewer is joyously caught in a downpour of luxury color and style. The Chanel images are the height of haute-couture but Shaoul’s modern style makes it cool for all ages. One imagines a night out on the town in Paris or St. Tropez, a night you never forget or ever want to end.

Her sexy but sweet brides, with their arms behind their backs but their bold dresses, are highlighted by metallic gold and brilliant colors that would perfectly compliment any fancy boudoir.

Shaoul’s work can be found in private and corporate collections worldwide. Since her first group show at Parsons School of Design in 2009, she has been showcased internationally – from Italy to South Korea – and shown at various art fairs nationwide, including Miami, Palm Beach, Dallas, and New York. Shaoul has had numerous solo exhibitions and has become a favorite of celebrities such as Emma Roberts, Lily Collins, Ashley Park, Catherine Deneuve, and John Malkovich.