Sklaroff's early works were primarily representational views of cityscapes and landscapes with a focus on the relationship between negative space, complementary colors, and the contrast between light and dark. Her work from the World Trade Center, in the winter of 1999, used the vertical format of the windows to frame her views of the city. More recent works, while still exploring these themes, have included greater detail and more prominently feature scenes including figures and rooftops. A 2009 New York exhibition of Sklaroff's work was reviewed in the Winter 2010 edition of American Arts Quarterly, which stated, "What gives her work its unique interest and power is her clever sense of color contrasts, along with reflections of light, depictions of shadows and smoky atmospheres." This publication also noted, "Although she also paints country landscapes and interiors, she is best known for her images of New York City." Her cityscapes are particularly noted for her inclusion of New York City's water towers, which display an almost anthropomorphic character. Many of her landscape paintings have been produced either in Maine or the American Southwest, where she has been an artist in residence at the . Sklaroff continues a long tradition of artists painting on Monhegan Island, Maine an isolated site that she visits annually. Sklaroff was interviewed by MyArtSpace.com in November 2007. She was later the subject of an eight-page article in the April 2010 issue of American Artist magazine. A Sklaroff exhibition in Versailles was featured in the May 2011 issue of ELLE magazine. Sklaroff was featured in a 2-page spread in the Fall/Winter 2019/2020 issue of magazine.
Technique
Sklaroff considers herself to be a "creative athlete" who paints and draws daily as a mental and physical exercise to keep her skills in excellent form. Although the work is figurative, her focus is on the abstract shapes of a scene. Interviewed by the Providence Journal in May 2012, Sklaroff discussed her interest in New York's unique architectural landscape and spoke of the challenge in capturing shifting effects of light. Sklaroff is interviewed in Gala Lutteroth's short documentary film Water from Above, released in May 2012. She is also featured in Pierre Oertel's upcoming documentary film, New York Art City. In 2017 she was featured in the first issue of Moriarty magazine.
Notable Works and Exhibitions
Collections with her work include the , the United States Department of Homeland Security, Fannie Mae, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Cahoon Museum of American Art, the Consul General of France, and the of the US State Department. One of Sklaroff's paintings was used as the cover of the Summer 2009 issue of City Journal magazine. Another painting of Sklaroff's was featured on the cover of Ravi Shankar's Voluptuous Bristle in April 2010. Sklaroff was also included in published in early 2010 by . Her work is also featured on a series of cards from Bayview Press. A 2016 multimedia stage show called Jazz on the West Side used projections of Sklaroff's paintings. The show featured jazz interpretations of songs from West Side Story choreographed by Sue Samuels. Sklaroff showed at Sparts Gallery in Paris in March 2016 and again in New York Portraits Part VI: Metropolis in Repose in March 2018. This was her 6th solo show at this gallery. Her work was on exhibition at the Galerie Anagama in Versailles, France in early 2015 and again for a solo exhibition in October 2017, her third show there. In 2014, an was published in France with a foreword by Harlan Coben. The North American release occurred in 2015. A show at Galerie Ferrari in Vevey, Switzerland is scheduled in the Fall 2018.
