Spring Banquet in Cleveland

Painting of a Spring Banquet circa 1960's Cleveland, Ohio. Inspired by a vintage photo of the same subject.

A Spring Banquet in Cleveland

Group portrait in progress inspired by a 1960s era photograph of the same subject.

A Spring Banquet in Cleveland

Slow and steady wins the race. Another day of work in progress.

A Spring Banquet in Cleveland

Work in progress today.

A Spring Banquet in Cleveland

Group portrait in progress, inspired by a vintage photo of the same subject.

Spring Banquet in Cleveland

The Cleveland Banquet, work in progress by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.
It feels nice to slow down, and sink into a little group portrait like this. I can go table to table and see their faces. I can almost smell the perfume in their wool coats and hear that rolling wave of blended voices. They felt happy and elegant, or sad and anxious, but they smiled anyway. They were us before we got here. We are us, but we’re just leaving.

Table Sixteen

Table Sixteen. Original acrylic on stretched canvas painting, 11" x 14". Inspired by a vintage photograph of the same subject, people at a banquet or party circa 1960s, early 1970s.
Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler

Table Sixteen

Table Sixteen by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler. Work in progress.

Table Sixteen

Work in progress today. Table Sixteen by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler

Table Sixteen

Another day, more work on Table Sixteen. A group portrait inspired by a vintage photograph of the same subject.

Table Sixteen

Table Sixteen. Work in progress today.

Table Sixteen

Work in progress on a group portrait. Inspired by a vintage photo of a party or banquet.