Nickel Plate Arts this month features Anthony (Tony) Schillaci’s exhibit “Post Impressionism Realist.” It will include many of his figure and portrait works.
Tony became interested in drawing as a seventh grader with a sister who never stopped encouraging him. In the early 1970s as a war veteran, he enrolled in the American Academy of Art undergraduate courses.
By the early 1980s, Tony returned to art once more by taking evening life classes with instructor Max Randt. Every Sunday, Tony and Max enjoyed traveling around Northern Illinois painting en plein air.
With a strong interest in portrait and figure painting, Tony enrolled in the Arts Students League under the guidance of Max Ginsberg who Tony describes as a “master” and was grateful to have him as a teacher.
Today, Tony’s artistic goal is painting and drawing every day, trying to improve, in order to paint “that one masterpiece.”
Tony is a proud member of Nickel Plate Arts, IPAPA Indiana Plein Air Painters, Hamilton County Artists’ Association, Indiana Heritage Arts, and the Hoosier Salon New Harmony Gallery.
Tony’s exhibit, “Post Impressionism Realist,” is on exhibit in the Stephenson House on the Nickel Plate Arts campus through Sept. 24. The gallery is free and open to the public from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays to Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.
Artwork can be purchased by contacting Nickel Plate Arts or ordering online from NickelPlateArts.org/exhibits.
About Nickel Plate Arts
Nickel Plate Arts is an umbrella nonprofit organization that creates and coordinates arts and cultural experiences across communities in eastern Hamilton County and the surrounding areas to improve the quality of life for residents, strengthen local economies and enrich experiences for visitors. Nickel Plate Arts is a project of Hamilton County Tourism, Inc.