Geoffrey Stein
New York, New York

Contemporary portraitist Geoffrey Stein left his job as a New York litigator over 15 years ago to pursue his creative passions. After studying at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, Geoffrey returned to New York with a new career: that of an artist. Based in a bright Garment District studio, Geoffrey creates portraits mostly from life, or from reference images he clips from magazines or his own photographs. Collage and layering are major components of the work. Varying degrees of abstraction within Geoffrey’s oeuvre set a range of emotional tones. “For me, there has always been a tension between the verbal and the visual,” he says. “I paint because I do not have words for the things the paintings are about.”

The Smoking Poet
22.5" x 15" , mixed media artwork
$875

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Alison Back
18.5" x 13.5" , ink artwork
$550

If Not Now, When?
40" x 72" , oil painting
$5,600


Child's Pose (Study)
14.5" x 25.5" , mixed media artwork
$900

Alison Back 2
25.75" x 17.5" , mixed media artwork
$950

Reykkjavic Roasters
20" x 20" , acrylic painting
$950


Elizabeth Warren
24" x 36" , mixed media artwork
$3,200

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Blue Aly Back
28" x 24" , acrylic painting
$1,375

Fluorescent Pencil Head
13.5" x 12" , mixed media artwork
$425


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Traffic
20" x 20" , acrylic painting
$1,150

Orange Kimono
72" x 60" , acrylic painting
$6,750

Ink Back
20.75" x 15" , ink artwork
$675


J.P.
28.25" x 30" , mixed media artwork
$1,700

BB Green Coat
28" x 24" , acrylic painting
$1,375

E.F.
48" x 36" , oil painting
$2,825


Cerulean Dreams
60" x 72" , oil painting
$6,750

Blue Piper, Too
28" x 24" , acrylic painting
$1,375


Redhead/Black Dress
25.75" x 19.75" , mixed media artwork
$975

Surf Dude
29.75" x 29.25" , acrylic painting
$1,700

Reclining Nude (Ink)
9.87" x 9.87" , ink artwork
$375

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Artist Statement

I paint to find out what I think about the world; to discover the things I do not have words for. I savor the slips of the hand that express one’s unconscious feelings about the person being painted. I am interested in the conversation between abstraction and realism. I do not want to make an academic copy of the model or a photo realistic illustration. My paintings explore the tension between what needs to be shown and what does not, the seen and the unseen.

Artist Background

Slade School of Fine Art
Master of Fine Arts, 2007

New York Studio School, 2004

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