Schappler is an East Coast painter and draftsman with a focus on the human figure. Showing nationally, she is an active member of several societies including the Portrait and Pastel Societies of America, the Women’s Caucus for the Arts, and PoetsArtists. Inspired by the complexity of human relationships and the bond that holds them together, Schappler searches for the sacred within the ordinary. She frequently works from her family and her community of students and colleagues. Originating from her interest in the narrative of home, she often uses fairytale, myth, and biblical story as a means to enter the picture plane, within her imagery, she questions how we define home, where we find it, and how we protect it with the underlying belief that home is, at its’ richest, expansive.
