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Artist Statement:
I have been exhibiting my
paintings throughout the
United States and Europe for
some time. They are included
in many collections. I like a
large canvas because it gives
me room to reach and to
stretch. I like the act, the
physicality of painting and I
try to reflect that in my
work. The shapes I create bend
and twist, push and pull as
people do. The pillars in
"Bridges" support each other
at the paintings focal point.
My paintings are my own
worlds, ones that I can
control. Although my works are
sometime non-representational,
they like the world around us
are composed of motion, light,
and space. "Begin Again" is a
good example of a painting in
constant motion.
Another path that I take in my
work reflects the shapes of
the natural world. Many of my
paintings are inspired by
flowers, moonlight, sun,
storms, mountains, etc. These
paintings create another solid
and sedentary; they move when
the light changes and plays on
their surfaces. "Skylights" is
a darker painting with light,
perhaps lightning coming
through the clouds and
lighting up a portion of the
mountains, while leaving the
rest in shadow.
Recently, I finished painting
dance series, ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
• "Americans in Paris",
Paris, France
• Abstraction 2000, Riverun
Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
• Museum of Art, Carnegie
Institute, Pittsburgh PA
• Invited Exhibition of
Selected Members of the
Associated Artists of Pgh.,
Westmoreland Museum of Art,
Greensburg, PA
• Copley Society, Boston, MA
• Pittsburgh Plan for Art,
Pittsburgh PA
• "Pittsburgh Corporations
Collect", Museum of...
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Artist Galleries:
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Reviews for Rochelle Blumenfeld:
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• Ballet Lovers Guide (February 2001)
"..the pictures that accompany my writing today and accompanied my piece in the summer issue were all done by Rochelle Blumenfeld. She has captured the energy and spirit of the dance in a way that boggles the mind. There is such feeling in these paintings."
-- by Camille Ratteray Vann
• 4-4-97 "3 'Visions' Unwrapped"
"Rochelle Blumenfeld's vision is awe-inspiring".
"The paintings are powerful, and leave the viewer feeling joyful and triumphant."
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 3-31-97 "Style"
"With extraordinary clarity, meticulous brushstrokes, and a ravishing attention to detail, every piece in the well-curated collection of 19 pieces radiates a powerful profusion of joy."
"Her body of work is displayed in permanent collections of major museums, corporations and private collections the world over."
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Blumenfeld's Abstracts Score Here"
"Notice how her familiar veils have more stiffness and harded edges and how a greater sense of tension exists where planes of color join. They seem to be merging or pulling apart."
"The painter's surfaces are growing more complicated. In one there are faint signs of a figural motif, in another a modification of the letter V in a white band on red."
• The Jewish Chronicle, 2-27-97 "Coming Soon: Art Show by Blumenfeld"
"It is through painting that Blumenfeld finds her expression in bold strokes and fluidity..."
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4-12-97 "Blumenfeld's abstracts mimic motion"
"This highly skilled artist patiently constructs multiple planes that form deep, curving geometric canyons that wrap in upon themselves, as in the mesmerizing "Banding Together". Others split apart and refract cool light like clusters of crystals or broken glass."
"Blumenfeld has the ability to control and define..."
• Pittsburgher Magazine, April 1980 "Art"
"In an age of promotion mania and hyper hype, Shelley Blumenfeld, who season after season performs the alchemical feat of transmuting base elements like acrylics on canvas into gold, is a sweet sweet rarity."
• "Painting's Deep Feeling Dazzles Viewer"
"The Paintings of Rochelle Blumenfeld reveal luminous glimpses of great and mysterious vistas."
"Her canvases reveal that she is expert at expressing feelings of freedom and infinite space within the confines of a frame."
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