HONORS
Oil Painters of America
Regional Show Finalist
"Eggs & Linen"
12x12
Richeson Art Gallery
"Small Works Show"
SALON INTERNATIONAL
2009
Greenhouse Gallery, TX
Finalists in the
AMERICAN ARTIST MAGAZINE" 2008
COVER COMPETITION
4th Annual International
ART KUDOS EXHIBITION
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Oil painter Hilarie Lambert will tell you she enjoys painting the familiar: vintage toys, notable architecture, or coastal scenes, but nothing about her work is “ordinary.” Through the filter of light in an egret's wings in flight, or the way a newspaper crumbles under just-caught blue crabs, Lambert reveals the beauty in what we might have forgotten or gotten too busy to notice – the magic of the every day.
Although Lambert has won numerous awards, what keeps her painting is not the life outside the studio, but the life inside it. “I just want to be the best painter I can be,” she says, and she means it, painting prolifically and covering subjects as diverse as she. Recently, she has focused on her figurative work and now accepts commissions, a challenge she enjoys.
The world in Lambert's paintings is seen through her sense of humor and love of whimsy. She paints the rainy day in Paris, not the sunny one, the forgotten radio on the shelf, or the boy feeding pigeons in St. Mark's Square (instead of the majestic basilica), all illustrating her joy in the edges of things, the side streets, the back doors. The paint is laid down in what seems to be quick, loose, but strong brush strokes usually with a very generous amount of paint. This style gives the viewer a definite sense of the artist’s hand and vision at work in the finished piece, and deepens the feeling of connection between subject and artist.
A former graphic designer, and illustrator, Ms. Lambert has studied under Burton Silverman, Kim English, Scott Burdick, and John Burton. She travels extensively in Italy and France, where she also teaches in the summers. She lives in Charleston, S.C. with her husband John, and has two children - Casey, a brewmaster in Philadelphia, and Samantha, a fashion stylist in Paris.
AFFILIATIONS
Associate Member of The Oil Painters of America
Member of the Portrait Society of America
Member of the National Association for Women Artists
CREDITS:
Selected for Oil Painters of America Regional Show 2009
Featured in the upcoming "Best of America Artists - Oil Painters", Kennedy Publications
Finalist in the Salon International 2009, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio TX
Second Place Winner in the Richeson School of Art & Gallery, "Small Works Show" 2009, 2010
Exhibition Finalist in The International 2008 Art Kudos Exhibit
Finalist in the AMERICAN ARTIST MAGAZINE 2008 Cover Competition
Finalist in THE ARTIST MAGAZINE'S 2007 24th ANNUAL COMPETITION
Featured in American Art Collector, July 2007 for "Charleston -3 Palettes Show"
Judge for the 31st Annual Art Exhibit, Trenhom Art Guild. March 2007
Finalist in the RayMar International Art Competition 2007
Finalist in the Salon International 2007, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio TX
Finalist in the Salon International 2006, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Finalist in the Hilton Head International Art Exhibit 2006
Finalist in the Raymar Art Competition 2006
Featured in Post & Courier magazine "Lowcountry Living", inaugural May/June issue 2006
Selected for Oil Painters of America Small Works Show 2006
Finalist in INTERNATIONAL 2006 ART KUDOS COMPETITION
One Woman Show "The THEATER PROJECT" March 2005,
Painting "After the Rain" featured in PLEIN AIR MAGAZINE Dec 2005
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