“To be an artist, one needs to be in a world of inner connection - at times both poetic and spiritual. Although I draw upon art history, especially the Impressionists and Abstract Expressionists, I paint from my own impressions and memories. It is my experience as an artist to take my ideas, images, and inspirations and transform them on the canvas, where together they create a dialogue.”

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A long-time resident of Westport and a life-time artist, Claudia Mengel graduated with a BFA from Brainard Art School at State University of NY at Potsdam.

Subsequently, she studied with Yale University Prof. Robert Reed and painting with Boston University Prof. Hugh O’Donnell.

In addition, she studied concepts of art in Darien with Constance Kiermaier and has done two residencies at the Vermont Studio School.

Her work is in private and corporate collections in the United States and abroad.