George Shipperley
George Shipperley is an impressionist artist who emphasizes originality, creativity, and color. His preferred mediums are oil pastel and oil stick. George is also an art instructor and the first awarded signature member of the Oil Pastel Society. His art can be viewed at fine art shows in the Chicago metropolitan and Fox Valley areas, by appointment at Shipperley Studios in Aurora, Illinois, and at galleries in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
George resides in Aurora, Illinois, where in 1958 he met and married his lovely wife, Lois, and where the two of them raised three beautiful daughters and started a business together. It is also where George discovered and developed his love for art.
As a young adult, George served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany, where he and his wife resided for two and a half years. Upon leaving the service, George and Lois returned to Aurora, Illinois, and George pursued a 33-years career in sales with an international manufacturing company.
While working in sales, George and Lois opened Henrich Art Gallery and Custom Frame Shop in Aurora, Illinois, which allowed George to fulfill a longtime aspiration of his. The gallery closed in 2011 after 34 years of success.
After his retirement from sales in 1994, George began studying art and soon emerged as a leading artist among his peers. Art quickly evolved into a second career that has repeatedly brought joy and fulfillment to George’s life. George never ceases to feel inspired to create, and his passion and appreciation for art continues to grow each year.
Professional Activities
Demonstrator
Art Juror and Judge
Art Instructor - Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
Notable Accolades
2020 Gold Award Winner, Great Lakes Pastel Society,
Annual National Competition
2015 Finalist in Two Categories, Annual Art Competition,
The Artist Magazine
2014 Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame Inductee
2014 1st Place Winner for Landscape in
The Artist Magazine’s 32nd Annual Competition
2011 2nd Place Winner for Landscape in
The Artist Magazine’s 28th Annual Competition
Publications
“Familiar Sights That Never Were”, The Artist’s Magazine,
July/August 2014
“Competition Spotlight: George Shipperley”,
The Artist's Magazine, Jan/Feb 2011 (View article)
“The Poetry of Trees”, Pastel Journal, Feb 2007 (View article)
International Art Book: 100 Ways to Paint
Favorite Subjects, Vol. 1, How did you paint that?
Memberships
Palette & Chisel Academy, Chicago, IL (Former Member)
Naperville Art League, Naperville, IL (Former Member)
Education
Coursework at the Art Institute of Chicago
Studied with Ruth Van Sickle Ford, Aurora University
Private tutoring - Marianne Grunwald-Scoggin
Figure Studies at Palette & Chisel Academy, Chicago, IL
Exhibitions
2019 and 2020 Annual Still Life Group Show, Tory Folliard Gallery
Corporate Collections
Amoco Oil Company, Chicago, IL
Benedictine University, Lisle, IL
City of Elgin, Elgin, IL
Dreyer Medical Clinic, St. Charles, IL
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Messenger Library, North Aurora, IL
Norris Cultural Center, St. Charles, IL
Q Center, St. Charles, IL
Rich Harvest Farm & Golf Course, Sugar Grove, IL
Robert Morris College, Chicago, IL
Gallery Representation
Edgewood Orchard Galleries
4140 Peninsula Players Road
Fish Creek, Wisconsin 54212
920.868.3579
Edgewood Orchard Galleries
Tory Folliard Gallery
233 North Milwaukee Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
414.273.7311
Karen Anderer Gallery
146 North Prince Street
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603
717.393.8807
Abel Contemporary Gallery
524 East Main Street
Stoughton, Wisconsin 53589
Shipperley Art Gallery
Aurora, Illinois
Private showings available
Call for an appointment
630.788.3660