About Alden Schofield
Alden Schofield has always been interested in art since his youthLiving in New England. Although his time painting was limited during his 45 year career as a Computer Technical Engineer and Software Business Director. His moving in 2012 from Boston to Maryland, allowed him to concentrate fully on his art career. He found the Compass Atelier art program Rockville, Maryland. This program is a “Masters of Art” three year Certificate program which Alden completed in 2017. The program provided what he was missing in concepts and enhancements in understanding color, anatomy, classic styles of the old Masters, up to the present to provide the needed emphasis to develop the style of painting that he so eager to create.
Alden uses his interest in photography to develop compositions from his pictures from around the World. His paintings are generally about the outdoors in natural settings in all forms. From ocean scenes, classic landscapes, animals, to simple scenes of interesting people doing their daily routines. Alden explores the senses one gets when observing such scenes. Looking to encapsulate those feelings, also to stir up those feelings of past memories. Alden basic roots were ingrained at an earlier age with the many pictures of the Hudson River School artists that truly inspired him with their detailed majestic and romanticized style of painting. He still remembers his weekends working on puzzles that were of scenes from many of the Hudson River artist with his family. His painting are similar to the Hudson River artist in the sense that they lean toward realism and generally have earthy color tones with luminous lighting surrounding an exciting composition. His art work is already in private collections. His work has been juried and sold throughout the Eastern Coast of the United States. Alden is a certified copyist at the Washington, DC. National Gallery of Art for which he is extremely honored.