Lynda Goldberg

Member since 2007

STATEMENT
My work is informed by nature and my fascination with it. I start with a feeling or idea and then think about how I will interpret it into a monotype, painting or mixed media piece. My pieces are unique works on paper or canvas and the result of an adventure.

In my monotypes (one-of-a-kind works on paper), I express my idea or feeling in textures and colors using natural and manmade found objects. I use leaves, grasses, ferns, seaweed, eggshells, small flat metal objects, meshes, string, and other items. I am a tactile person, always touching things and feeling their texture. I see an item’s potential by how it might appear after color and pressure have been applied. Ink can also be directly applied on the plate using brayers (rollers), brushes, palette knives, and other tools/implements. I use monotype, collagraph, chine colle, stencil, stamping, direct painting and other techniques to create my work. The possibilities are limitless and the uncertainty of what exactly will appear after the plate is run through the etching press (in addition to the image being the reverse of what one worked on) make the monotype process very exciting.

In my mixed media pieces and paintings, to express my feeling or idea, I use different mediums, techniques, and textures; layering and scraping to achieve my goal.

BIOGRAPHY
Art has always been an important part of my life. It allows me to share my love and wonder of nature and life with others - to capture a moment, feeling, scene and express it through my artwork.

I have studied printmaking and painting in the United States and Paris, France.

My work has been exhibited in New England in both solo and group shows, and I have received numerous awards. My work is in many corporate, private, and non-profit collections in the U.S. and abroad.

I am a member of the: Monotype Guild of New England (MGNE); Nature Printing Society (NPS); Unbound Visual Arts (UVA); Rockport Art Association & Museum (RAA&M); Newton (NAA), and North Shore (NSAA), Art Associations. I split my time between Newton and Rockport, MA.

For more information about my work - please visit my website (click button below). I also teach “Monotype Printing With a Press” at the New Art Center in Newtonville, MA and the Eliot School in Jamaica Plain, MA.

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