A Shady Spot Working
16" x 20" 20" x 16"
Summer's Light Late Day Respite
8" x 10" 6" x 8"
Hereford Cattle: Outsider Black Angus Miz: Black and White Hereford Cattle: Young Bull
20" x 16" 20" x 16" 20" x 16"
Carmel Valley Girls Beast
16" x 20" 16" x 20"
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Daria Shachmut Bio
From earliest days on a farm in Massachusetts, Daria Shachmut has been fascinated
by animals. At the Worcester Art Museum's art classes for children, "I was thrilled to
learn color mixing so that I could paint a Palomino horse " golden brown."
Since moving to Carmel Highlands, California, down the road from the Hereford cattle of
El Sur Ranch and Carmel Valley, Daria Shachmut has focused on portraits conveying
each animal’s temperament through its body gestures. "The way our eyes capture only
the most essential elements is key; I focus on the economical use of brushstrokes to
elicit the sense of a moment caught in time. I love these cattle; no two look alike and
each one has a unique personality. My husband Ken, the most patient of men, spends
numerous afternoons in the car as I make the acquaintance of young calves, steer,
cows, and bulls.
Her work has been shown in prestigious museums including the Corning Museum,
Corning, New York, the Minnesota Museum of American Art and is in the collection of
the Oakland Museum, Oakland, California. KQED featured her in a half-hour television
program, Portfolio.
2011. Most recently, her paintings were juried into the Salon International 2011 at the
Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas and also the Scottsdale Salon of
Fine Art at the Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona. The Portrait Society of America
awarded her work honors in the Members Only Competition.
2010. Her work earned honors at the 19th National Exhibition of Oil Painters of America
at the Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale and was an award winner in the Artist's Magazine
Annual Competition, December 2010 issue. An award of excellence was given to her
work at the Great Plains Art Museum, Annual American Plains Artists Exhibition.