Exhibitions:-
Oct 2023 'Kaleidoscope, A World Of Color' Clarendon Fine Art, Westport, Connecticut, USA.
Oct 2022 'Rendevous' Monat Gallery Calle De Los Estudios 7, 28012 Madrid
Jan 2022 'Paris International Contemporary Art Fair' Pavillion 5, 1 Place De La Porte De Versailles 75105 Paris
Dec 2021 'Oratory of Passion' @ The Basilica of Sant' Ambogio Milan (Jelmoni Gallery- Italy)
Lou Sheldon is an Australian based Artist using mixed media on canvas and linen. She started exploring colour at age 5 through the ‘The Sun’ (now ‘Herald Sun’) ‘Corinella’ colouring-in contest winning week after week.
Her dad was a self-taught artist who was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was 2 and died when she was 8. Lou continued to draw and paint and studied art well into her late 20s. In her thirties, she dusted off her dad’s old paintings from under the family home she grew up in and came to see that even though they had been painting years apart; their signatures used to sign paintings were exactly the same. They are a simple notation of ‘SHELDON’ surname in capital letters.
In a nod to her dad's humour and to honour the time they spent ‘finding the hook’ in Geoff "Jeff" Hook's regular cartoons when she was a little girl, you will find (if you look hard enough) her dad's first initials “RA” (Robin Arthur) in each of her paintings.
Today, Lou sells paintings all around Australia and the world. Her works have been sent to Italy, Canada, Sweden, UK, America, Egypt, Dubai, Singapore, Germany, Luxembourg & Switzerland. She has received commissions from KiisFM in Sydney, Green Art Gallery (Dubai), The Australian Event Centre and various interior designers around Australia. She has had her pieces on The Block in 2018 and recently on '60 minutes' (Australia). She was recently selected to be represented by Monat Gallery (Spain) for the International Art Fair in Paris (Jan 2022). Clarendon Fine Art (UK) write: "Lou Sheldon, an accomplished Australian artist, is celebrated for her intuitive approach to landscape painting. Eschewing rigid structure, her works are infused with movement and energy, blending oils, oil pastels, and occasionally gold leaf to create pieces that are both painterly and impactful. Her art bridges the gap between abstraction and impressionism, offering a unique perspective on the beauty of the natural world."
Artist comments: "Painting is second nature to me. Rather than it being a thing I do, it is a place I go. Like a pair of old slippers, once the brush is in my hand it feels like home. It is as familiar as breathing. Knowing I am keeping the memory, name and talent of my dad, Robin Arthur Sheldon (23.01.44-21.04.83) alive makes it all the more enjoyable, meaningful & worthwhile."