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Ilene Silberstein

Member Artist
Co-President of The Art Guild

I have always loved flowers, gardening and crafts and all natural settings. I have abundant gratitude for a calming unspoiled outdoor location. My natural inclination is to paint moments where light is the main attraction.  I want to emphasize the energy created by the shadows and the glow of the lights.  I use Color to create vitality and vibration. My work tends to focus on organics, figures, the trappings of life and nature.  Pastels and oils are my preferred mediums. Recently I have begun to use colored pencils.

I sometimes think my work should be more socially critical, but I paint what I am drawn to.  I paint what makes me excited, so I continue to return to similar themes.

I work in Pastel, oil and mosaic and have studied with the late Anthony Palombo, Howard Rose, Christine LaFuente, Greg Kruetz, David Leffel and Robert A. Johnson