OIL PAINTINGS

Robert Goldstrom is an artist living and working in upstate New York.. In a former life he worked as an illustrator, learning how to paint while on the job and earning gold and silver medals from the Society of Illustrators. His work has appeared on the covers of Time, the Atlantic, and New York Magazine; in the New York Times and The Boston Globe; posters for the New York City Opera; and stamps for the UN. Eventually, his desire to paint full-time won out. “I paint from life, but I am not a documentarian. I combine what I see with what I feel about what I see. All of my work, no matter what the subject, is about color, light, design and balance, plus drama of some sort. There are often undercurrents of social politics or sex, but my images are always about something, otherwise why should I expect anyone to be interested, including me”.