Opening at Hallway Gallery

Photos from my opening at Hallway Gallery April 2 2010..It was a great night, lots of people and talking and wine..Thanks to my friends from Portland who showed up, Linda and Bill and Elise and Dan. And to my cousin John and his wife Lisa. And to my wife Judith who took pictures and looked mahvelous!!

Salon@79

The first meeting of Salon@79 met Feb 26 at Eileen's house. WE had a fabulous pot luck dinner, then each of us put up our art for some looking and talking. It was great! We also had a studio visit in Eileen's studio. We meet again April 9 and have plans for a movie about Agnes Martin popcorn and sharing sketchbooks.

Salon @79

The first meeting of Salon@79 met Feb 26 at Eileen's house, it was great. We had dinner and then put up each person's work. We talked, laughed and a great time was had by all. Our next Salon is April 9.

Eileen @ Contemporary Crafts Market at Fort Mason SF Mar 13,14

Landing 25, encaustic on wood panel by Eileen P. Goldenberg ©2010

I will be exhibiting at the Contemporary Crafts Market,
Fort Mason, Bay and Laguna, SF,
Festival Pavilion
Booth 920
Sat and Sun, Mar 13,14, 10-5 info: call 415-753-1233

This is a great fair to start the year, wonderful art and fine crafts at the Festival Pavilion. I will be in Booth #920, on the left aisle as you come in. I will be showing paintings and ceramics

RED Paintings for Valentine's Day

Array 43 8x8

Red 7 4x4

RE D 1 4x4

Here are a few of the RED paintings I am offering for a great gift for Valentine's Day. You can go to my Facebook album to see all 14 of them...

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=50890&id=1279909808

To purchase simply give me a call at 415-753-1233 and we can make it so...easy..

Working with Wax at the Art Gallery, Santa Rosa Junior Colleg Jan 21 2010. The artists at the opening, from left, me, Howard Hersh, JulieNelson, Mark Perlman, MAry Black, Robin Denevan and Lisa Kairos.

the crowd at the opening..that is Mary Black second from left

Me in front of Landing 13 , 24"X24" on my left.

My six paintings right when you walk in the gallery, all in the Landing series.

So we had a fabulous opening at Working With Wax last night. Lots of people and talking. Thomas Morphis the curator put together an amazing show. Thomas selected artists that all have a sensibilitiy of gorgeous surface, intuitive composition and either lush color or quiet monochrome. Of course being at the opening it is hard to actually look at the art, talking to everyone, chatting about my work. But I did get to take a few minutes in front of Eleanor wood's work. She combines watercolor, wax, pastels, oil stick, thread, etc on paper. Very compelling.. And Julie Nelson also minimal color but very beautiful and funny... the website has a slide show to see all the work. But these have to been seen in person to really get the full effect.

The artists are:

Tracey Adams, Mary Black, Emily Clawson, Robin Denevan, Eileen P. Goldenberg, Howard Hersh, Lisa Kairos, Julie Nelson, Mark Perlman, Carrie Ann Plank, and Eleanor Wood

It is worth the trip to see the show. There will be a talk by Mark Perlman on Monday Jan 25 from noon -1:30 and Mary Black will be doing a demo on Feb 4 1-4.

the website for the show is: http://www.santarosa.edu/art-gallery/past-exhibits/encaustic-slideshow/tracey-adams-01.shtml

Shows, classes, conferences...

Landing 21, 24"x24" encaustic on wood panel, ©2009 Eileen P. Goldenberg

Six pieces from the Landing series will be shown at Working with Wax, at the Art Gallery at Doyle Libraray, Santa Rosa Junior College, opening Thurs., Jan 21, 4-6. I was invited by Thomas Morphis, curator and instructor at the college.

Array 47, 24"X24" encaustic on wood panel, ©2009 Eileen P.Goldenberg

This piece was juried into the 25th Annual Juried Show at Gallery Route 1. The juror was Kenneth Baker, the art critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. I wan't be able to make it to the opening, Sunday Jan 17, 4-6, because I have a full Intro to Encaustic Workshop in my studio.

I just registered for the National Encaustic Conference at Monterrst College of Art, Beverly MA, for June 11,12,13,14, 2010. Conceived and put together by Joanne Mattera, author of The Art of Encaustic
Painting. I will be on the panel Sat morning and presenting Teaching for the Teachers on Monday, June 14, post conference. I have been to all of the conferences and I have a great time every year. Over 300 artists converge on this college town and the buzz on on!

My ceramic classes at the Burlingame Rec. Center will be starting Jan. 27. I have two afternoon classes for children and an evening class for adults. Call 650- 558-7300 for info about registering.

I have a few Encaustic Workshops scheduled for Sundays:

Feb 7

March 14

April 18

and an Advanced Class on May please give a call and I can email you the registration form.

All materials are INCLUDED classes are $295 per person, hours 10-4.

eileen@eileenpgoldenberg.com

New work...

Landing 25 12"X12", encaustic on wood panel, ©2009Eileen P. Goldenberg

Landing 23 24"x24" encaustic on wood panel ©2009Eileen P. Goldenberg

Here are a few new pieces in the Landing Series. I am done with shows and sales for the year and now time to relax and recharge. I have been feeling very quiet and contemplative. Been drawing allot and thinking... I am looking forward to a few months of solid painting and I have some ideas brewing... Happy New Year to everyone!

Artist of the Month for November on R&F

I am Artist of the Month for November on the R&F website www.rfpaints.com I have images up and an interview with Laura Moriarty. My new Array series are shown on the site.

In the Array series I am working with grid based content, larger dots connecting with smaller dots forming the whole. Array is referring to organization and implies order. Nature seems random but she is actually very ordered. The pieces have a soft geometry, giving the feeling of the artist’s hand.

Fall Shows

I am onto a new series, ARRAY. different size dots in an organized format. I am loving the simplicity and soft geometry.Here is a detail...

Array 29, detail, ©2009Eileen P. Goldenberg

My next show are:

Oct. 10-11 Open Studios Sat, Sun 11-6OPENING Fri. Oct 9, 6-8 pm 50 Belcher Street, near 14th, SF, Info: eileen@eileenpgoldenberg.com 415-753-1233

Nov. 6-23 SOLO Show at A Woman’s Eye Gallery, OPENING Fri. Nov 6, 4-7PM678 Portola, San Francisco info eileen@eileenpgoldenberg.com

Nov 28-29 & Dec 5-6 Celebration of Craftswomen Booth #300 Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco Info: www.celebrationofcraftswomen.org

My website will be updated soon with new images and calendar.

Back from Beverly

So I am back for the Third Annual Encaustic Conference at Montserrat College of Art in Beverley Mass. I had a great time, met lots of people whose work I had seen while jurying the Working In Wax show here in Ca. My friend Elena De La Ville won the Director's prize, with her wonderfull work, Congrats!

I met Gregory Wright who won the Curator's prize at Beauty and it's opposites.

Saw many great new ideas at the demos and had much to think about from the panels, discussions and of course talking and talking with loads of people at breakfast, lunch, dinner and n between sessions.
The shopping was great as usual, I bought some wax and gesso from R&F and checked out the hot tools at Enkaustikos. Rodney Thompson had some new ideas for panels and sold out once again. His new torch holder is a great idea. Miles Conrad was there as well selling the catalogue from the Fourth Annual Encaustic Invitational. (My work is on page 15.) There was a new vendor form Canada selling medium made from yellow beeswax, a much differenct color.

I have to say that one of my favorite things wsa the DVD that Kandy Lozano showed at her talk about working large. It is a beatifully edited and produced film of her working in her studio. Painting, fusing, scraping, pounding pigment into the surface, and flexing her muscles to pick up her huge paintings. And she has an amazing studio in Malibu CA, nice....I am thinking about organizing a movie night next year, with popcorn...

Wax and Wane the installation of wax objects in the hot window at 301 Gallery, by Miles Conrad and his students. Yes they did fall, but they didn't seem to melt very much...

Lots of people at the opening at 301 Gallery.

The opening at Beauty and it's Opposites

Tracy Spadadora from the Luminouis Landscape show in the Hallway gallery.

Eileen teaching the teachers...
Can't wait till next year..

News May 2009

Landing#20 24"X24", encaustic on wood panel



Here are some new images. I have been having a great year so far.


A few hightlights:


Solo show at A Woman's Eye Gallery in SF, November


In a group show at Himmelberger Gallery SF June


Bellevue Arts Museum Show in Washington July 24-26


Open Studios SF October 10,11

Invited to show in 225degrees, Encaustic Show at the Turchin Art Center, Boone NC in November

I also curated a show Tangible Wax, at the Christopher Art Gallery, Chicago IL March, 2009

And juried Working in Wax, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek,CA May-June 2009


In 2007 I received a grant from the SF Arts Commssion and had a solo show at 50 Belcher Street Gallery


Landing #10 12"X12" encaustic on wood panel

TH#255 36"x36" encaustic on wood panel

TH#303, encaustic on wood panel

Tea House #310 encaustic on wood panel

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The Tea House Project, October 20,21 at Gallery/50 Belcher Street

Tea House #129, 18"x48", encaustic on wood panel

The Tea House Project will be a one woman show of encaustic paintings by

Eileen P. Goldenberg.

The weekend of October 20-21 is also the third Open Studios weekend for the Castro. I will be exhibiting approximately 50 paintings from this series, as well as a selection of teapots and related ceramics that I also create.

"Tea House" comes from a book I was listening to while painting in my studio. It is about the authentic ritual of Chado or Tea that was practiced in Japan in the 1800's. As a ceramic artist I have studied this ceremony and have always loved the ideals followed. Tea is about relaxation and taking time from your everyday, busy life and spending time enjoying tea with others. It also involves setting up the tea room and the art of creating a beautiful serene space.

The book had a profound effect on my paintings and I began a series of paintings that start with covering the entire panel with thousands of small domes of wax. I then paint on many layers of color, fusing between each layer. When all the layers have been applied, I then scrape the surface back so the dots begin to emerge. It is like archaeology, I excavate until I see the image I want.

The repetitive nature of this work evokes meditation and calmness for me. The colors; rich
Vermilion, Indian Yellow, Magenta, etc add the emotional content and movement to the work.

Tea House #128, 18"x48", encaustic on wood panel

Tea House #156, 18"x20" encaustic on wood panel