Eileen Dawn Skretch

















Born: Southampton, NY

Education: Montserrat School of Visual Art.
 And with the following artists: Marjorie Cagiano, Lucille Berrill Paulsen, Dinah Maxwell Smith,  
 Terry Elkins, Mike Viera.

Solo Shows: “Thin Places, Serene East End Landscapes”, The South Street Gallery, Greenport, NY 2007

Group Shows: “Plein Air Peconic III”, Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY 2008
 “Light of the South Fork”, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY 2008
  “Exhibition 2008”, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY 2008
  “Open Spaces II”, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY 2008
  “Plein Air Peconic II”, Wallace Gallery, East Hampton, NY 2007
  “3 Artists/3 Perspectives”, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY 2007
  “Landscapes of the East End”, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY 2007
  “Of  Scenes & Structures”, Levitas Center for Art, Southampton, NY 2007
  “Visual Escapes/South Fork Landscapes”, Water Mill Museum Gallery, Water Mill, NY 2007
  “In The Beginning”, South Street Gallery, Greenport, NY 2007
  “The Big One”, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 2007
  “Plein Air Peconic”, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY, 2006, various public locations 2007   
  “Labor Day Landscape Show, Accabonac Harbor”, Asawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY 2006
  “South Fork Landscapes”, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY 2005
  “Farmscapes” & “Farm & Field”, Peconic Land Trust, Various Hampton locations, 2008, ‘07, ‘06,’05
  “Plein Aire Painters”, East Hampton Town Hall, 2004, 2007
  “The Artists Within”, The Ross School Parent-Faculty  Show,East Hampton, NY,  2000

Juried Shows: 110, 111 & 112 Annual Exhibitions, CLWAC, New York. 2006, 2007
   “By The Shore”, EEAC, Riverhead, NY,  2006
   “Member & Associate Juried Exhibition”, CLWAC, Water Mill, 2006
   “Preserving The Land”, EEAC, Riverhead, NY 2005
   “Savor Long Island”, EEAC, Riverhead, NY 2004
   “Earth Prayers”, St. Catherine’s Gallery, Siena Spirituality Center, Water Mill, NY 2004
   “Canvassing Riverhead”, Paint-out, EEAC, 2004, Calendar Selection
   “Annual Juried Show”, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, 1980

Awards:  Charlotte Dunwiddie Memorial Award, “Hedges Lane Potato Field”, CLWAC 111th Annual   
                    Open Exhibition, New York, NY 2007
   1st Place, “Napeague Dunes”, SAA, Memorial Day Show, Southampton, NY 2003
   3rd Place, “Wainscott Pond”, EEAC, Preserving The Land”, Riverhead, NY 2005
   HM, “Town Lane Field”, EEAC, Preserving The Land, Riverhead, NY 2005

Affiliations: Artist Alliance of East Hampton, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, East End Arts Council,
 Guild Hall, Southampton Artists Association, Water Mill Museum

Artist Statement     
I am a landscape painter who paints on wood.  Incorporating the wood’s grain into the composition, it
becomes another layer of the mist or a ripple in the water. Whether painting en plein air or in my studio I
love the peaceful spirit and unique beauty of the vanishing open spaces of the East End.