Gary Schafter
Artist | Painter
Gary Schafter is a San Antonio, Texas based painter and educator known for his thoughtful approach to representational art that explores the relationship between image and meaning. He earned his B.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Superior, and his M.F.A. from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he has lived and worked since 1985. Schafter’s work, often still lifes, landscapes, and animal subjects, uses humor and conceptual inquiry to examine how paintings reference and transform their subjects, blending traditional technique with contemporary ideas. His work has been shown in more than two dozen solo exhibitions and is included in major collections such as the San Antonio Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
