figurative – Carol Steinberg

Lounging with the Cat

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Carol Steinberg

Lounging with the Cat, oil, 6 x 6, $150.

I spent many years drawing and painting the figure…Maybe I will try some more of these….hmmm.

Baby and Dad

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Carol Steinberg

Baby and Dad, oil, 8 x 6, sold.

We went to a place to eat after I painted in the park and I saw this adorable baby and was about to shoot it when the mother looked at me and asked what I was up to. I told her the truth, but also that I hadn’t actually done it. A bit later she came over to apologize and explain herself. She imagined I was judging her when nothing could have been further from the truth…so we made up and I shot some beautiful photos of the baby being held by his dad…and we exchanged info…and I sent her the photo of the painting…and they bought it….Happy ending indeed.

And BTW, I’d be happy to do a commission for you too!

Bert Sans Shirt 3,

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Carol Steinberg

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Bert Sans Shirt 3, oil, 8 x 6, $125.

This one was done with the Zorn palette.

Two for Sea

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Carol Steinberg

Two for Sea, oil, 6 x 6, SOLD

The other piece I did like this sold so fast it made my head spin. I was inspired by the sunlight bouncing off this white guy’s bald pate and legs as he lay on the blanket, but of course, just as I was laying it in, he got up and left. I continued, hoping he would return or thinking to make it up. He did come back and sat in the chair next to his partner. They had a pretty good set up. I want it.

Bert Sans Shirt 2

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Carol Steinberg

Bert Sans Shirt 2, oil, 8 x 6, $125.

Bert Sans Shirt

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Carol Steinberg

Bert Sans Shirt, oil, 7 x 5, $125.

Bert in Magenta T, Eyes Shifted Right

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Carol Steinberg

Bert in Magenta T, Eyes Shifted Right, oil, 12 x 10, $375

This did not turn out the way I planned it…I got interested in Bert’s features–which are more challenging than I would think…I do love the color of his skin–so rich! And he was on the computer…Alas, that’s the most I could get at this point.

Sonoma Picnic

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Carol Steinberg

Sonoma Picnic, oil, 12 x 10, $295

This piece gave me the idea for this week’s DPW Challenge: Summer in Winter. I took the photo in April in Sonoma and it wasn’t until December that I got around to painting it. I started it on a cold rainy day in a gallery to draw people in…it didn’t really work…mostly everyone was keeping warm somewhere…else. I realized when I got home that the lighting in the gallery wasn’t as good as in my place so I worked on it some more. April still seems so far away.

What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Carol Steinberg

What Light Thru Yonder Window Breaks?,oil, 12 x 9, $325

This is from a photo taken when I went on my junior year abroad trip to Italy by a girl named Paula Pickens at the time(she later married someone whose last name was Briglia)…wish I could find her again. I’m surprised I let her take it since I thought I looked awful with my hair up but I guess I wanted to please her and she took several beautiful photos of me…she saw me in a way I did not see myself. A lot of the other girls on that trip ostracized me…oh well, they just could not deal with different…for some reason, Paula could. I wore a black Danskin back then…as something of a uniform, even though I had almost failed dance and was a long way off from discovering yoga…and I’m probably dating myself by mentioning that brand at all. I chose this photo, which actually is blurry since the camera shook, as a way to paint myself while still making something that is a painting anyone can relate to.

17 at the Bus Stop

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Carol Steinberg

17 at the Bus Stop, oil, 8 x 10, $385

I got so much attention for the self portrait at 19 that I thought I’d try painting a younger version of myself from a digitized photo again…Oy, a much different experience. The one yesterday almost painted itself. Today, it took 3 times as long, I wiped it out to start over after the first 2 1/2 hours, and I still want to mess with it many hours later…but I just can’t anymore. I struggled with many of the issues that make teachers warn students about using photos. At least I’m not smiling into the camera…that makes a very cheesy painting…but I was too attached to the features, since they’re mine, or were once…and I struggled to keep the painting a painting! Then taking the photo was hard too…and the truth is I worked on it a little bit more but the later photo is just too dark so this one is going up. Anyway, back to the subject: me, at 17, waiting at the bus stop as a Cornell freshman, decades ago. The photo has that pinkish/purplish fade…that is beautifully harmonious and hell to paint!