About Me, Career, Lifestyle, Photo Diary, Travel
Monica Shulman
My First Artist Residency...in Italy!

This summer I was lucky enough to attend my first artist residency. High on a hill above the ancient Valle Camonica in the town of Cividate Camuno in Lombardy, surrounded by the majestic embrace of the Italian Alps, stands RUC. This mystical place is an ancestral home where artists from all over the world come to work in and be inspired by nature and history.

My First Artist Residency...in Italy!
Career, Shows, About Me
Monica Shulman
Monica Shulman Exhibiting at PULSE Art Fair ...

Miami Art Week is one of the most attended art events in the world and this year I am headed there to show my work for the very first time! I'm proud to share that my work has been selected by PULSE Art Fair Director, Cristina Salmastrelli as part of The Next Generation exhibit - an initiative designed to showcase the artwork of emerging artists during Miami Art Week.

Monica Shulman Exhibiting at PULSE Art Fair During Miami Art Week
Lifestyle, Artist Inspiration
Monica Shulman
October Mood Board

This month I'm all about that dark olive/hunter green with a touch of brassy peach and of course, lots of depth and texture.  Lately I'm using a lot of these tones in my original paintings and in my wardrobe. 

October Mood Board
Lifestyle, Business
Monica Shulman
Four Rebranding Lessons I Learned

Going through a website revamp and redesign is A LOT of work.  My previous website launched almost 7 years ago but internet years are like dog years and I was long overdue for a change.  Here are four very important lessons I learned when I rebranded and redesigned my website.

Four Rebranding Lessons I Learned
Monica Shulman
Welcome to MonicaShulman.com

Hello!  Thank you for being here!  My name is Monica Shulman and I'm an artist and photographer based in the lower Hudson Valley about 30 miles north of New York City.  Welcome to the new MonicaShulman.com!

Welcome to MonicaShulman.com

Behind the Work Series

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Behind the Work: This Must be the Place

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Behind the Work: This Must be the Place

In late 2019 I started to think about a new series of work called “What You Seek.” I think we all have defined for ourselves what feeling “home” means and I love that this painting, my first completed piece in 2020 and my last completed piece pre-Covid, is the one I made before everything changed. I look at this painting now and I can imagine how the world felt to me in that moment - open, exciting and ripe for the picking. In many ways I still think that it is and this work will forever commemorate that moment in time when everything was possible because the place and happiness found me.

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Behind the Work: The Birds Are Singing in the Nighttime

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Behind the Work: The Birds Are Singing in the Nighttime

I think a lot of people assume that the world works in a predictable, logical, and linear way but if 2020 has taught me anything it’s that this isn’t the case. Expecting that things will actually go on as planned just perpetuates this fantasy.

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Hand Painted Sneakers

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Hand Painted Sneakers

I love slip-on sneakers and have a few well-loved pairs for every day. They’re so easy! I bought a pair to experiment painting on and ended up buying a ton more!! I wanted to make colorful, wearable art as well as a few neutral pairs in an animal print and in black, white and silver. I am obsessed and I’m happy to say that a few clients walking around with my creations are, too!

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Behind the Work: The Wild Things

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Behind the Work: The Wild Things

Do you ever wonder what the inside of your brain looks like? I wanted to make a painting that would be an exploration and interpretation of my feelings inside my head as colors. This how The Wild Things came to be.

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Behind the Work: Mini Cake Paintings

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Behind the Work: Mini Cake Paintings

Earlier this year I started experimenting with impasto - the process of laying on paint thickly so that it stands out from a surface. I started doing some small color studies, pouring paint straight from the tube, making color patterns and mixing super thick and heavy amounts of paint. That’s how my mini paintings were born.