Schulenburg l Oil Paintings

Apartment Windows, 2015
Oil on Canvas
36” x 36”

Private collection

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Morning Delivery, 2015
Oil on Canvas
36” x 36”

Private collection

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“With lights shining in the windows
and a warm glow from inside, this
Greenwich Village bookstore caught
my eye on a gray day. I was attracted
to the idea that it was a small village
shop, still in business in the big city.
Several years after completing my
painting I learned this was the building
Hopper featured in a 1927 painting
titled Drugstore.”
—Paul Schulenburg

Bookstore, 2011
Oil on Canvas
18” x 24”

Private collection

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Early Monday Morning, 2012
Oil on Canvas
36” x 36”

Collection of Marcy and Josh Krevitt

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Rain in Chelsea, 2015
Oil on Canvas
24” x 24”
Collection of Janet and Sam Alley

Any Moment, 2015
Oil on Canvas
36” x 24”

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City Sunlight, 2015
Oil on Canvas
24” x 30”

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Blue Bike, 2018 Spring Street and Broadway, 2015
Oil on Canvas Oil on Canvas
28” x 22” 24” x 24”

Collection of Sharon Bernstein and Charles Bloom

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“What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on
the side of a house.”
—Edward Hopper

Sunrise in Brooklyn, 2015
Oil on Canvas
36” x 36”

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Toys Books, 2018
Oil on Canvas
36” x 36”

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“I met Paul Schulenburg in 2003 when his
successful fisherman series was first exposed to
the Boston market at the Copley Society of Art.
His paintings of waiters outside of restaurants,
tourists having coffee in brightly painted cafes,
and famed artists are all imbued with his expert
presentation of light and color, a quality equally
apparent in his landscapes.
“As a consultant, I am privileged to expose
collectors to his paintings.”
—Caroline V. Cox, art consultant

Window Seat, 2013
Oil on Canvas
36” x 36”

Private collection

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Figures and Portraits

“Since early man drew on
cave walls, the human form
has played an important
role in artistic creativity; in
painting, sculpture, dance. The
physical states of being, the
infinite variety of positions, illumination, and
environmental placement evoke any number
of emotional responses from an observer. We
all share in the fact that we are human and our
first line of universal communication is through
a gesture, a posture, a facial expression. A small
alteration in the angle of a head or a tilt of the
hips can completely change the emotional
quality of a gesture.
“In focusing attention on another human being,
artists can be released from the sense of self
and their usual conscious preoccupations. The
concern becomes for the person perceived,
the work created. . .a connection of shared
humanity. Ideally the artist will not just make
something that resembles a particular person,
but will create artwork which evokes a universal
feeling or emotion that transcends the surface.”
—Paul Schulenburg

Joanna, Yellow Robe, 2018
Oil on Panel
17” x 13”

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Reading at Night, 2017
Oil on Panel
12” x 16”
Private collection

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Reclining Figure in Blue Robe, 2013
Oil on Panel
12” x 16”

Collection of the artist

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Looking Away, 2018
Oil on Panel
18” x 14”

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Standing Back Study, 2019
Oil on Panel
18” x 14”

Private collection

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Woman with a White Towel, 2015
Oil on Panel
16” x 12”
Private collection

Reclining on Red, 2017
Oil on Panel
12” x 16”

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Tianna Esperanza, 2018
Oil on Panel
16” x 12”

Collection of Tianna Esperanza

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Dermot Mulroney, 2018
Oil on Panel
18” x 14”

Private collection

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Leah in Red Coat, 2015
Oil on Panel
16” x 12”

Collection of the artist

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Rowland Scherman, 2014
Oil on Panel
16” x 12”

Collection of Michael and Christine Jones

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Jerome Greene, 2018
Oil on Panel
18” x 14”
Collection of the artist

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Cecil Newcomb, 2013
Oil on Panel
16” x 12”

Collection of Sarah Newcomb-Baker

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Portrait of Arthur Cohen in His Studio, 2005
Oil on Panel
24” x 24”
Collection of Peyton Evans

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Provincetown Artists

Schulenburg’s talent for
portraiture and figure work is
evidenced in his Provincetown
Artists series. Inspired by his
involvement with the artists in
this prolific community, Paul
selected a few noteworthy people to portray.
Rather than create a traditional formal portrait,
Schulenburg depicted the artists at work or in
their studios, not in an idealized way, but in a
manner intended to capture their spirits. Often
he chose to recreate work by the artist he
was painting.

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Illuminated by the cool north light of his large
studio window, Salvatore Del Deo stands nobly
by a wharf painting. Schulenburg endeavored
to recreate Salvatore’s impressionist/
expressionist work while painting Del Deo with
his own fluid alla prima bravura.
“Sal shared his passion for the work of Spanish
painter Joaquin Sorolla with me. I’d like to think
a little of the freshness of Sorolla came through
in this painting of my friend.”
—Paul Schulenburg

Portrait of Salvatore Del Deo in His Studio, 2005
Oil on Panel
30” x 24”

Private collection

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An otherworldly couple appears
behind Selina Trieff, their creator,
looking as if they are her devoted
followers. Despite health challenges
in later years, Trieff demonstrated an
indefatigable spirit as she continued to
work and teach. She stands confidently
with one hand on her hip, while her
other hand clutches a walker at the
edge of the canvas. Schulenburg’s
composition reflects her undeterred
power and spirit.

Portrait of Selina Trieff in Her Studio, 2005
Oil on Panel
24” x 24”

Private collection

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Portrait of Robert Henry in His Studio, 2005
Oil on Panel
24” x 24”

Collection of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, anonymous gift, 2005

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Portrait of Jack Kearny In His Studio, 2005
Oil on Panel
24” x 24”

Private collection

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Portrait of Raymond Ramanos Rizk in His Studio, 2005
Oil on Panel
30” x 24”

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Paul Schulenburg is one of the most
prominent and active figurative
visual artists working on Cape
Cod today. Through a complete
devotion to his work and his caring,
personal relationships with the
expansive community of artists here,
Schulenburg’s studio has become a
lightning rod for creativity. Grounded
by his dedication to the craft, Paul
Schulenburg’s art is ever-evolving
and forward looking. This persistent
personal commitment toward self-
exploration gives each work its own
organic narrative, told through layers
of oil paint on canvas, to be revealed
by the deep viewer and eventually
resolving over time.”

—Benton Jones,
Director of Art,
Cape Cod Museum of Art

Cynthia Packard in Her Studio, 2005
Oil on Panel
30” x 24”

Collection of Judy and Kam Kamerschen

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