René Romero Schuler has been working professionally as an artist in the Chicago area since 1987. She began by painting commissioned art pieces for corporate clients and interior designers, as well as doing scenic work, props and backdrops. Schuler began expanding her own business into a full-time decorative art operation. Romero Design, Inc. formed in 1991, and over the course of ten years employed over twenty- five artists and artisans to assist on numerous commercial and residential applications. Now working solely as a fine artist, Schuler has created an explosive body of work. Touted as being expressionistic, her work has been compared to that of Jean Dubufet and Willem DeKooning, though Schuler is also influenced by modern “expressionists” as well, such as: Susan Rothenberg, Nathan Oliveira, Joan Mitchell and many others. Her work is executed primarily in oil, with deep and rich tones. Her textures express the depths of human emotion in a style that welcomes the viewer far into