Bio

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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
Asociate member of Women Painters of the South East

 

CREDITS:
• “Morning Break” featured in Southwest Art Magazine, September 2011
• Finalist in “Birds in Art 2011″ exhibition, Leigh Yawkins Woodson Art Museum, September 9, 2011
• Finalist in “21 Over 31″ top emerging artists Southwest Art Magazine, Nov. 2010
• Honorable Mention “Blossoms II”, Susan Black Foundation Exhibit 2011
• Selected for Oil Painters of America Regional Show 2010
• Selected for Oil Painters of America Regional Show 2009
• Featured in 2010 “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”
• 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