Sheldon
has exhibited his paintings and drawings at the Gateway Gallery since it
opened and now in its seventh year of business. His passion for painting
began in 2001 after viewing the Ellsworth Kelly/Henri Matisse plant drawing
exhibit at the St. Louis Art Museum. He began painting large scale plant
forms that featured bright colors and suggestions of motion. Though always
referring to nature his paintings eventually moved toward pure abstraction.
In 2008 he painted a series of twenty plein air watercolors in Florence,
Italy and completed his studies for a Master of Arts degree at Fontbonne
University, St. Louis. Sheldon was a participant in the 2010 Open Studios
event sponsored by the Saint Louis Contemporary Art Museum.
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