Member Artist
November 2020
Harriet Sobie Goldstein
My Personal Journey during Covid-19
Artist Statement
My painting journey during this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, evolved over time. This is a collection of paintings that express my anxiety and search for a way of coping and dealing with all the terrible news about this awful pandemic and the peace that I found in nature.
I usually produce a collection of paintings in the warm months when I paint in my garden studio. Last summer, my paintings reflected my delight in being in my garden and painting during beautiful weather. This time I could not shake my feelings of dread, anxiety and sadness for the lives lost. I used color, line, shape, and space to create abstract works that are very personal paintings. Each reflects my gradual acceptance of the situation that we are all facing and my hope for the future. Finally, I chose to concentrate on the beauty of nature in this area of New Jersey. I began painting landscapes of the wetlands and parks, views of nature particular to this area. At first, I abstracted and then my work became increasingly realistic. A favorite place that I like to visit is a park. When walking there, I can enjoy the beauty of the natural world. I am hopeful.
Harriet Sobie Goldstein
November 2020
Harriet Sobie Goldstein
My Personal Journey during Covid-19
Artist Statement
My painting journey during this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, evolved over time. This is a collection of paintings that express my anxiety and search for a way of coping and dealing with all the terrible news about this awful pandemic and the peace that I found in nature.
I usually produce a collection of paintings in the warm months when I paint in my garden studio. Last summer, my paintings reflected my delight in being in my garden and painting during beautiful weather. This time I could not shake my feelings of dread, anxiety and sadness for the lives lost. I used color, line, shape, and space to create abstract works that are very personal paintings. Each reflects my gradual acceptance of the situation that we are all facing and my hope for the future. Finally, I chose to concentrate on the beauty of nature in this area of New Jersey. I began painting landscapes of the wetlands and parks, views of nature particular to this area. At first, I abstracted and then my work became increasingly realistic. A favorite place that I like to visit is a park. When walking there, I can enjoy the beauty of the natural world. I am hopeful.
Harriet Sobie Goldstein
About Harriet Sobie Goldstein
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Harriet Sobie Goldstein showed talent as a child and on the advice of the noted illustrator and her cousin, William Sharp, attended the Brooklyn Museum Art Program for Children. She is a graduate of Hunter College in New York City, where she majored in art. While a student at Hunter, her painting instructor, the noted artist Tony Smith, encouraged her innate sense of color. She continued to study at art schools and colleges in New York and New Jersey, including the Art Students League. Ms. Goldstein taught in the NYC school system. A highlight of her tenure was instructing NYC teachers how to infuse art into the curriculum for the NYC Teachers Consortium.
Ms. Goldstein creates paintings in oil and acrylic and is comfortable with abstract, landscape, and figurative themes.. Harriet Sobie Goldstein has exhibited her artwork at the Phoenix Gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan where she also served on the Board of Directors and in galleries throughout the metropolitan NY area.
For inquiries contact the artist directly:
Harriet Sobie Goldstein
email: hsgart@aol.com
Website: http//www.harrietsobiegoldstein.info