IN ADMIRATION OF RENOIR, I PAINT WITH PASTELS
to capture ideas and feelings with bold colors, heavy strokes and suggestive shapes emphasizing natural light.
to capture ideas and feelings with bold colors, heavy strokes and suggestive shapes emphasizing natural light.
And because I love a good mystery of using black pastel, I’ll also add subtle touches of dark blues, greens, purples, or oranges - anything that produces an illusion of deeper and richer looking blacks on specialty papers.
Plus, as a true pastelist, I will not blend colors with common techniques like smearing or rubbing as oils from hands can contaminate art work. After I sign my completed paintings, Lisa Goldman, I spray them with fixative. This last important step seals any unsecured pastel before framing. And through plenty of experience if I do not adequately spray and pastel dust starts falling, trust me, my friendly picture framer will NOT be that friendly.
Plus, as a true pastelist, I will not blend colors with common techniques like smearing or rubbing as oils from hands can contaminate art work. After I sign my completed paintings, Lisa Goldman, I spray them with fixative. This last important step seals any unsecured pastel before framing. And through plenty of experience if I do not adequately spray and pastel dust starts falling, trust me, my friendly picture framer will NOT be that friendly.
Group Exhibitions
2024 Bristol Art Galleria, Bristol PA
2024, 2023 Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation, Bristol PA
2024 Grundy Library, The Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library, Bristol PA
2024 The Gallery at Bucks County Community College Lower Campus, Bristol PA
2024, 2023 Artists of Bristol at the Lower Bucks Hospital, Bristol PA
2024, 2023 Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation, Bristol PA
2024 Grundy Library, The Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library, Bristol PA
2024 The Gallery at Bucks County Community College Lower Campus, Bristol PA
2024, 2023 Artists of Bristol at the Lower Bucks Hospital, Bristol PA
2023 Philadelphia Corporation of Aging, Free Library of Philadelphia Parkway Central, Phila., PA
2023 Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation, Bristol PA
2023 The Gallery at Bucks County Community College Upper Campus, Perkasie, PA
2023 Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation, Bristol PA
2023 The Gallery at Bucks County Community College Upper Campus, Perkasie, PA
2022 The Gallery at Bucks County Community College Lower Campus, Bristol PA
2022 Pop Up Art Show Artists of Bristol On The Delaware, Bristol, PA
2022 Pop Up Art Show Artists of Bristol On The Delaware, Bristol, PA
2021 Philadelphia Corporation of Aging, Phila., PA
2020 The Michener Art Museum Doylestown, PA
2020 The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
2020 The Gallery at Bucks County Community College Lower Campus, Bristol PA
2020 The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
2020 The Gallery at Bucks County Community College Lower Campus, Bristol PA
2019 Philadelphia Corporation of Aging, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Artists of Bristol On The Delaware, Bristol, PA
2019 Artists of Bristol On The Delaware, Bristol, PA
2018 Scarecrow Competition & Display, Lahaska, PA
2018 New Hope Art League, Doylestown, PA
2018 Artists of Yardley, Yardley, PA
2018 The Gallery at Bucks County Community College
Lower Campus, Bristol, PA
2018 New Hope Art League, Doylestown, PA
2018 Artists of Yardley, Yardley, PA
2018 The Gallery at Bucks County Community College
Lower Campus, Bristol, PA
2017 The Space at Big Treble Music, Morrisville, PA
2017 Salon Du Soleil/Regina Studio, Bristol, PA
2017 Cerulean Arts Gallery & Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2017 The Middletown Municipal Building, Langhorne, PA
2017 The Centre of the Arts, Bristol, PA
2017 Salon Du Soleil/Regina Studio, Bristol, PA
2017 Cerulean Arts Gallery & Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2017 The Middletown Municipal Building, Langhorne, PA
2017 The Centre of the Arts, Bristol, PA
2016 Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 New Hope Historical Society, New Hope, PA
2016 Framed 2 Perfection Custom Framing & Art Gallery Levittown, PA
2016 New Hope Historical Society, New Hope, PA
2016 Framed 2 Perfection Custom Framing & Art Gallery Levittown, PA
2015 The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Retail
2016 - 18 Framed 2 Perfection Custom Framing & Art Gallery
Levittown, PA
2018 Design For Vision, Levittown, PA
Levittown, PA
2018 Design For Vision, Levittown, PA
Online Exhibitions
2024 Philadelphia Corporation of Aging, Phila., PA
2024 Art Fluent – Face to Face, Boston, MA
2024 Art Fluent – Face to Face, Boston, MA
2021 Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County, Newtown, Pa
2021 Philadelphia Sketch Club, Phila., Pa
2018 Art Scene Today, Natural and Unnatural Disasters
2018 Light Space & Time, Cityscapes
2017 Colored Pencil Society of America, ArtSpectations
2017 Heaven Art Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Technical Skills
Adobe Photoshop
Education
B.A., Advertising/Design, The College of New Jersey Trenton, NJ
A.S., Fine Arts, Bucks County Community College Newtown, PA
A.S., Fine Arts, Bucks County Community College Newtown, PA