Natalie Featherston

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Natalie Featherston Biography

Natalie Featherston works exclusively in the centuries old realm of trompe l’oeil, creating dazzling paintings that combine the virtuosity of a Dutch master with a thoroughly modern mind. The Chicago Sun Times has described her work as, “Artful beyond just illusion and trickery, they are truly masterful still lifes made with both craft and wit.”

Natalie says, “What inspires me most is the creative voice, whimsy and humor trompe l’oeil allows the artist to express. Unlike portraits or landscape, still life doesn’t simply exist around us. You have to build the stage for the painting, selecting the color and textures. The end result draws the viewer in and connects with them in a meaningful way. This is why I’ve always found trompe l’oeil to be a challenge, and although it may qualify me as a one-trick-pony, I can’t imagine painting anything else.”

Natalie discovered her love for painting by accident in the early 1990s after moving from North Carolina to New York City to pursue her master’s degree in music. An accomplished cellist, she has had the honor of performing at Carnegie Hall and across Europe as a soloist and chamber musician. “Although I enjoyed making music, I wanted to do something more creative and unique, something that was altogether mine. I started drawing from the models at the Art Students League and I was hooked.” Classes soon followed at some of New York’s most venerable art institutions: The National Academy of Design, The School of Visual Arts and The Drawing Academy of the Atlantic, culminating in a six-year apprenticeship with Michael Aviano.

Selected Awards:

2017  

  • Finalist, Art Renewal Salon, Winner of the Arcadia Contemporary Award

2001  

  • The Artists Magazine Annual Art Competition, First Place- Still Life

2001  

  • Salmagundi Club, New York, NY- President’s Choice Award

2001  

  • Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Club, New York, NY

2000  

  • The Artists Magazine Annual Still Life Competition- Still Life Finalist

2000 

  • Salmagundi Club, New York, NY – Art Times Award

Selected Exhibitions

2018

  • Showcase (solo), Maxwell Alexander, Los Angeles, CA

  • Masters of Illusion: The Legacy of John F. Peto, Morven Museum, Princeton, NJ

  • Five and Under, Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA

  • Small Works, Maxwell Aleaxander Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

  • Fool Me Once, Invitational Trompe l’Oeil Show, Robert Lange Studios, SC     

2017

  • The Art of Story (solo), Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2016

  • The Altitude Project- Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK

  • The Art of Thinking Outside the Box (solo), Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe , NM

2015

  • New Works- Meyer (solo), East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

  • The Lollipop Guild- Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK

  • The Birds- Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa OK

2014

  • Miniature Show- Saks Galleries, Denver, CO

  • Fire Sale! Everything Must Go! (solo), Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2013

  • Femme Fatale- Saks Galleries, Denver, CO

  • Deceptions and Illusions (solo), New Trompe L’oeil, Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2012

  • Recent Trompe L’oeil (solo), Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

  • Caution: Wet Paint!- Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa OK

  • Leslie Levy Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ

2011

  • Flora and Fauna- Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY

  • New Work (solo), Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2010

  • American Miniatures- Settler’s West Gallery, Tucson, AZ

  • Still Life Goes On-- New Trompe L’oeil (solo), Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Selected Publications:

Southwest Art Magazine (October 2018), Western Art Collector Magazine (October 2018), Boston Voyager Magazine (June 2018), Southwest Art Magazine (April 2010)