Past Exhibition

“The Art of the Drive”
Paintings by Chris Osborne

Art Show June 16 - July 26 , 2023

The Sherman Library is pleased to present “The Art of the Drive” by Chris Osborne. Her paintings combine her love of the automobile, her knowledge of music, her appreciation of celebrity and her respect for the past to create a genre that is unique in today’s art world. 

“I have a passion for the romanticism of the automobile.  My art features personalities with the cars they owned, drove, were filmed with, or wrote about in prose or song.  By staging figurative models and actual cars, each painting is developed from a design unique to my own vision and enriched by exhaustive research and biographical study.  I like to apply an imaginative view of history, bringing to the present a candid moment in time shared with the viewer.” Says Osborne.

Raised in New Milford, Connecticut, Osborne received a BA in Art from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson NY and an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  She has worked with legendary artist’s agent Jane Lander representing a group of illustrators with a preference toward fine art.  Chris then went from printmaking back to figurative drawing and painting, and in the mid-1980’s she left the agent profession to pursue art on her own.

Osborne is the recipient of the National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic (NSPCA) Prize, the American Artist Professional League (AALP) Honorary Award for Acrylic, the Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) Fine Art Award of Excellence, the Glenmoor Gathering (Ohio) Best of Show award, and a Connecticut Office of the Arts 2012 Artist Fellowship Grant.  She has exhibited widely in galleries and art associations in the Northeast and New York City, as well as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the Harlem Fine Arts Show, and invitational exhibits at annual Collector Car events and her paintings are in the collections of friends in the world of music, such as Tony Bennett, Cassandra Wilson, and Dave Brubeck, along with collectors in the world of classic cars.

The show will be on display at the Sherman Library from June 16 – July 26, 2023. There will be an artist reception on Saturday, June 17, 2023 6:00–8:00 pm. For more information about Chris Osborne, visit:  www.ChrisOArt.com.