...and I am still here! It will be a year of moving forward, with the occasional look back to acknowledge where I've been. As you can see from the photo, Faith Goldstein fine art is alive-and-well.... Ok... I have to admit that I have logged-in much less studio time than I would have liked, but the year has also been filled with taking photos and painting in my kitchen. Visiting museums, art shows and music venues, and even comedy shows(!) have added to my life, and inspired future paintings. The journey has been a bit bumpy, (whose journey isn't, after all?!) and in the end, it is the Art and the Artists (and those who care for us) that pull me through... I've joined this life-long 'conversation' that makes me excited to keep questioning and exploring what each day has to offer. ...And if ever the 'bumpy journey' overwhelms me, or the sky is void of that 'light-in-the-distance'... well, I'm an artist... a RockStar/SuperHero who can smooth out the roadway and paint in the LIGHT!
I earned my BFA at SUNY OSWEGO in Drawing and Photography. After college, I worked as a free-lance artist in Manhattan, sketching buyer's catalogues for many well known manufacturers, including both, Stone Mountain and Adrienne Vittadini Handbags. I did this work until the tragedy of 9/11. ... As my children grew, I enrolled in a painting workshop, taught by Don Keene, at the Pelham Art Center. He is an accomplished artist, and art instructor; a mentor whose gifts have influenced my life... and influenced the marks I make with paint and brush. ...At that time, I painted in Acrylic. Currently, I am painting in Oils and often have my camera in hand to record the moment that is stopped in time, that may inspire a painting. ...I am thinking it is a GREAT way to spend the next 50plus years of my life! (What a JOURNEY!)
Upon the waters - blue and gray, stand tall the echoes of yesterday; With silent, whipping, airy speech, the sounds of life are sure to teach; The lose of time in contemplation, flits away with quick elation; For sure, the waters don't stand still, and movement shares in awesome fill; And snow will fall in patterned light, ...But such is life of white on white.
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