Paul Edelstein
From the View Gallery: Paul Edelstein resides in Memphis, TN. He was educated at Christian Brothers University and The University of Memphis. He also studied privately under Marjorie Liebman. “(Painting) is a process,” said Edelstein. “I do it in layers upon layers and all of a sudden, it’s finished. I might work on several paintings at one time.”
He has become one of Memphis’ best-known artists, particularly for his signature style “figurative abstract”, in which faint silhouettes of people overlap like a congregation or gathering of people. Much of Edelstein’s work is done in the warm palette with shades of amber, crimson, and milk chocolate brown in the background topped by contrast in bright blues, greens, yellows and pinks.
“I am inspired by the hidden stories told by the Southern landscape. The narratives depicted in my paintings are found in the kudzu covering the South. The transcendental connection of mind and nature compel the imaginative scenes illustrated in my work. These landscapes unknowingly leave behind a history for me, as an artist, to discover.”