Her works suggest an ease and curiosity that belie her strict palette and grid-like design. The paintings reflect passages of time and each composition comes to maturity through a process of change and discovery, the history of which is partially visible and partially obscured through layered mark-making. Schiowitz has received many prestigious grants and awards, including a Pollack-Krasner and VCCA residencies. She has been exhibiting in the northeast since the early 1990s.