Artist Ruth Monsell of Maine loves to draw, paint and cut out people. Her specialties are the nearly-lost art of the silhouette, and portraiture. She began cutting silhouettes in New York in the 1970’s and has since worked as an artist-in-residence at dozens of schools, taught portraiture and silhouette art, most recently at the Round Top Center for the Arts in Damariscotta, and worked “live” at innumerable art shows. Ruth often displays examples of her portraiture while cutting traditional silhouettes from life, on the spot. She not only works at shows and fairs but in locations as diverse as schools, libraries, galleries, historic homes, grand openings and nursing homes. She cuts for private events, such as weddings, reunions, bar mitzvahs and corporate affairs.

Ruth, already an established portrait painter, began cutting silhouettes in the late 1970’s when she noticed a complete absence of silhouette artists at art shows she worked. She taught herself the nearly-lost art form and found the response overwhelming. “I am constantly told by people that they haven’t seen a silhouettist at work anywhere outside of Disneyworld in decades. They are often thrilled to be able to add to a multi-generational collection of older family silhouettes.”

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