Nat Mayer Shapiro

"Art is nothing less than high adventure. It is the only adventure because it is total, involving body, mind, senses and mood. And because it is an adventure it is highly unpredictable. While my art, always carefully planned and pre-sketched, follows defineable forms in the search for depth, the outcome is always in doubt. Therein lies the adventure."


Nat Mayer Shapiro (1919-2005) was an artist with a studio at the Yoho Art Studios. Originally from Brooklyn, he spent nearly thirty years with his family in France, working and creating. In 1985 he came back to the United States and settled in Westchester. He was instrumental in founding the Upstream Gallery in Dobbs Ferry, and served as its President from 1995-2002.

Throughout his creative life, Nat tried different media, different techniques, and different artistic outlets. The result was a variety of mature, original, sometimes powerful, sometimes whimsical works.

Throughout his work, Nat pursued his quest for depth, for a third dimension. Whether they are whimsical or serious, strictly organized or loose, Nat’s works are never grim or stifled, they are joyful, they are dancing. They reflect the man who loved life, loved art and always looked forward, exploring various techniques to create something new, different and, for him, unusual.

To find out more about his work, visit his website listed below (many of his paintings are still in his Yoho Studio, where his wife is caring for them)

http://nat.shapiro.fr/
Or give his wife a call: (914)476 6741.