Featured artist
Connie J Ruel
Colorado, USA
- Sell original works
- Take commissions/assignments
- Take commissions/assignments
Specialty Categories
Painting/Drawing - Figurative/People
Sweet Orphan
oil on linen 16" x 20" $640 |
Painting/Drawing - Portrait
Uncle George and Smudge
oil on Linen 20"x24" SOLD |
Painting/Drawing - Fantasy
Bacchus Nymph
oil and copper foil 24" x 12" $575 Included custom copper frame |
Artist Statement
I have been passionate about art for as long as I can remember! My first formal art class was doing watercolor on muslin at 10 years of age. I spent 12 years abroad where I could experience the work of the masters in their hometown museums, sketching and doing art studies while continuing my career in the food, beverage, and hospitality industry. After returning home, I utilized this growing talent and passion to design my restaurants and create plated food art.
A lifetime of being a restaurateur left little time to hone my painting skills but in 2017 after selling my fifth and last restaurant, releasing my memoir cookbook, and appearing on the Food Network’s “Chopped” and “Guy’s Grocery Games,” I was able to dedicate all my time to art.
In following my relationship with food, I have done many still life/ culinary paintings, but my real interest lies in figurative and portrait. I work primarily in oil but dabble in acrylic and multimedia, using vintage documents within the body of my work to tell a story.
Bio
I have been passionate about drawing and painting my whole life, but as a lifetime restaurateur, I was left little time to hone my skills. This all changed in 2017 after selling my fifth and last restaurant, releasing my memoir cookbook, and appearing on the Food Network’s “Chopped” and “Guy’s Grocery Games,” I was able to dedicate all my time to art taking workshops from prominent artists and self-teaching.
In following my relationship with food, I have done many still life paintings, but my real interest lies in figurative and portrait. I work primarily in oil but dabble in acrylic and multimedia, using vintage documents within the body of my work to tell a story.
Live Workshops:
Glen Villpu, Robin D’Amore, Shana Levenson, Jeanne Houghen, Susan Diehl
Accolades:
First Place oil paintings: Adams County 2019
Best of Show: Louisville Art Association Spring Show 2020
Honorable Mention: Paletteers Show 2020
Second Place: Small works Aar Gallery 2020
Judges Award: Louisville Art Association Fall Show 2021
Exhibits:
Millers and Rossi Art Gallery, Library at College Hill, Bus stop Gallery, Particulars Art Gallery, Kingman Estate Winery, Winery at Holy Cross, Spark Gallery and R Gallery
I have been passionate about art for as long as I can remember! My first formal art class was doing watercolor on muslin at 10 years of age. I spent 12 years abroad where I could experience the work of the masters in their hometown museums, sketching and doing art studies while continuing my career in the food, beverage, and hospitality industry. After returning home, I utilized this growing talent and passion to design my restaurants and create plated food art.
A lifetime of being a restaurateur left little time to hone my painting skills but in 2017 after selling my fifth and last restaurant, releasing my memoir cookbook, and appearing on the Food Network’s “Chopped” and “Guy’s Grocery Games,” I was able to dedicate all my time to art.
In following my relationship with food, I have done many still life/ culinary paintings, but my real interest lies in figurative and portrait. I work primarily in oil but dabble in acrylic and multimedia, using vintage documents within the body of my work to tell a story.
Bio
I have been passionate about drawing and painting my whole life, but as a lifetime restaurateur, I was left little time to hone my skills. This all changed in 2017 after selling my fifth and last restaurant, releasing my memoir cookbook, and appearing on the Food Network’s “Chopped” and “Guy’s Grocery Games,” I was able to dedicate all my time to art taking workshops from prominent artists and self-teaching.
In following my relationship with food, I have done many still life paintings, but my real interest lies in figurative and portrait. I work primarily in oil but dabble in acrylic and multimedia, using vintage documents within the body of my work to tell a story.
Live Workshops:
Glen Villpu, Robin D’Amore, Shana Levenson, Jeanne Houghen, Susan Diehl
Accolades:
First Place oil paintings: Adams County 2019
Best of Show: Louisville Art Association Spring Show 2020
Honorable Mention: Paletteers Show 2020
Second Place: Small works Aar Gallery 2020
Judges Award: Louisville Art Association Fall Show 2021
Exhibits:
Millers and Rossi Art Gallery, Library at College Hill, Bus stop Gallery, Particulars Art Gallery, Kingman Estate Winery, Winery at Holy Cross, Spark Gallery and R Gallery
