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Noah Alexander Isaac Stein

Noah Alexander Isaac Stein

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Posted on October 2, 2020November 12, 2020 by nastein

New paintings

Two news ones for 2020. Better images coming soon.

Ouroboros
Ouroboros, 2020
Their Images Were Placed Among the Stars
Their Images Were Placed Among the Stars, 2020
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It’s been an exceptionally busy month, and I’m It’s been an exceptionally busy month, and I’m excited to have lots of new work to share in the near future! Sometimes, when I come to an impasse in a painting I’ll shelve it for a time until I can approach the work with less attachment. Being less attached to the existing progress, I can more freely make the sometimes radical changes nessecary to bring the piece to completion. This work, “Return to the Universal” sat for over a year before I returned to it last week. My studio is filled with a countless number of these works in progress. #oilpainting #coldwax #artpdx #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #portlandart #pdxart #artportland #transcendentalart #mysticart #visionaryart #ecstaticart #spiritualart #artpdx #divineflame #artisttalk #pdxartist #portlandartist
One of the postcards sent out to friends and suppo One of the postcards sent out to friends and supporters during a recent trip through Alaska. Over the course of two months we traveled by motorcycle through the backcountry of British Columbia, the Yukon Territory, and Alaska. This was painted near Seward, Alaska. #portlandartist #pdxart #portlandart #portlandartgallery #artpdx #alaskaart #postcardart #artpostcard #travelart #watercolorpostcard
Brand new work, finished yesterday: “Drinking f Brand new work, finished yesterday: “Drinking from the Water, Ascending into Fire” From Jung to the Abzu of ancient Sumerian myth, the watery depths are a constantly reemergent symbol for the buried psyche. A place of great danger as well as shinning treasure, it is only through a clear perception of the unconscious that the soul can break free of conditioned response and experience the ecstatic unity that is sometimes termed the divine. Read the full piece and see more art at NAStein.com #oilpainting #coldwax #artpdx #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #portlandart #pdxart #artportland #transcendentalart #mysticart #visionaryart #ecstaticart #spiritualart #artpdx #divineflame #artisttalk #pdxartist #portlandartist
All shinning in infinite transfigurment #pastel All shinning in infinite transfigurment #pastelfiguredrawing #portlandartgallery #portlandartist #portlandart #pastelpainting #pasteldrawing #expressivedrawing #charcoaldrawing #pastelandcharcoal #contemporaryart #transcendentalart #visionaryart #figuredrawing #figureart #artpdx #portlandart
Another new one started 🔥 At any given time I h Another new one started 🔥 At any given time I have between 10 - 15 paintings that I'm working on concurrently. These are not normally for display outside of my studio, but during open studio events you can come by and get a sneak peak. I'll be in my studio to talk about art from 6 - 9 pm tonight, along with this many other amazing artists at East Creative. Come by and say hi at 211 SE Madison st.! #oilpainting #coldwax #artpdx #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #portlandart #pdxart #artportland #transcendentalart #mysticart #visionaryart #ecstaticart #spiritualart #artpdx #divineflame #artisttalk #pdxartist #portlandartist #pdxopenstudios #portlandopenstudios #openstudios
More progress on this latest one. It's always a sp More progress on this latest one. It's always a special moment in the paintings life when the title becomes known. "Oh Holy Creation, Oh Holy Suffering, Oh Holy Liberation". Looking forward to sharing a completed version soon. #oilpainting #coldwax #artpdx #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #portlandart #pdxart #artportland #transcendentalart #mysticart #visionaryart #ecstaticart #spiritualart #artpdx #divineflame #artisttalk #pdxartist #portlandartist
My new work Leviathan and its partner piece Orobor My new work Leviathan and its partner piece Oroborus will be up this month at Alberta St. Gallery as part of the Myths and Monsters show curated by @juliaalora Come by and see it tonight from 6 - 9 pm! "It is a strange paradox that out of the collective can emerge a singular intent of direction that is against each individual constituent will. Emergent behavior like a shadowy behemoth, takes its dim form at the peripheries of our consciousness, even as its winding intricacies form an inescapable center. This paradox is at the heart of the Anthropocene. The leviathan of human progress carries us onward to an uncertain light, and we are the helpless links of its great sinews." #Leviathan #ouroboros #uroboros #art #oilpainting #coldwax #artpdx #portlandartist #portlandart #pdxart #pdxartist #artportland #transcendentalart #mysticart #spiritart #visionaryart #ecstaticart #symbolistart #coldwax #coldwaxpainting
After several months off-grid traveling in Alaska, After several months off-grid traveling in Alaska, I’m back in Portland, and pleased to be part of the exhibition “The Experience of Being” at Soliloquy Fine Arts. Pictured is my piece “Whomever Sees Imperfection in these, the Least of My Creatures, so Seeks Imperfection in Me” I’ll be splitting First Friday between Soliloquy from 6 -7:30ish and my studio at East Creative from 7:30 - 9 PM. Hope to see you there! #oilpainting #coldwax #artpdx #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #portlandart #pdxart #artportland #transcendentalart #mysticart #visionaryart #ecstaticart #spiritualart #artpdx #divineflame #artisttalk #pdxartist #portlandartist #firstfriday #firstfridaypdx
Broken Triumphant #pastelfiguredrawing #portland Broken Triumphant #pastelfiguredrawing #portlandartgallery #portlandartist #portlandart #pastelpainting #pasteldrawing #expressivedrawing #charcoaldrawing #pastelandcharcoal #contemporaryart #transcendentalart #visionaryart #figuredrawing #figureart #artpdx #portlandart
Clip from my January artist talk, for my show “W Clip from my January artist talk, for my show “Wavering Tension, and Impressions of Light” at Blackfish Gallery. You can watch the full talk here: https://youtu.be/lAN2JyY0KoM?si=NhB9SGSOgIuNYejZ #portlandart #blackfish #artportland #pdxartgallery #pdxartgalleries #pdxart #pdxartist #pdxartists #artpdx #pdxartshow #portlandartist #blackfishgallery #artisttalk
Normally I work on anywhere between 2 - 5 painting Normally I work on anywhere between 2 - 5 paintings concurrently, balancing drying times with creative moods and whims of spirit. Over the last two months however this one has consumed my time almost exclusively. I frequently dream of it as well. While still very much a work in progress, its title is tentatively "The Becoming of the Future." #oilpainting #coldwax #artpdx #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #portlandart #pdxart #artportland #transcendentalart #mysticart #visionaryart #ecstaticart #spiritualart #artpdx #divineflame #artisttalk #pdxartist #portlandartist
Mask #pastelfiguredrawing #portlandartgallery #p Mask #pastelfiguredrawing #portlandartgallery #portlandartist #portlandart #pastelpainting #pasteldrawing #expressivedrawing #charcoaldrawing #pastelandcharcoal #contemporaryart #transcendentalart #visionaryart #figuredrawing #figureart #artpdx #portlandart
Traveling through the German Alps last summer, we Traveling through the German Alps last summer, we were fortunate enough to be welcomed into the home of renowned German photographer Verena von Gagern-Steidle. Nestled into the foothills of the lower alps, the rustic farmstead provided a refuge for visiting artists and writers escaping modernity. Illuminated in golden light, the tall grasses of late-summer that surrounded the farmstead lent an unmistakable aura of timelessness to the old wood buildings. In respect to this mystical feeling, the grass was spoken about in solemn and reverential tones by Verena and her niece. And regretfully as well; that the tall grass must be cut. Towards the end of our stay, machines came to make hay. A necessity of farm life, for three days the serenity of the place was punctuated by the roar of tractors. This piece “ The Cutting of the Long Grass,” was painted en plein air during that time. This year a plan was announced by the regional government for Verena’s land. In response to the war in Ukraine, and German dependance on foreign oil, local power production across the country was being developed. As a necessity of the local geography, a series of transmission lines will be placed through the farm. #oilpainting #enpleinair #ecoart #travelart #travelpainting #portlandart #artpdx #pdxart #portlandartist #portlandartists #pdxartists
In progress memorial painting for a friend who I r In progress memorial painting for a friend who I regret that I did not know as well as I might have. "Intersection in the Tree of Life" #oilpainting #coldwax #artpdx #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #portlandart #pdxart #artportland #transcendentalart #mysticart #visionaryart #ecstaticart #spiritualart #artpdx #divineflame #artisttalk #pdxartist #portlandartist
Putting my new larger studio space to good use, I' Putting my new larger studio space to good use, I've just started work on a new large scale painting. When completed, it will be my largest work. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity." -Except from The Second Coming by W.B. Yeats #oilpainting #coldwax #artpdx #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #portlandart #pdxart #artportland #transcendentalart #mysticart #visionaryart #ecstaticart #spiritualart #artpdx #divineflame #artisttalk #pdxartist #portlandartist
August flame #pastelfiguredrawing #portlandartga August flame #pastelfiguredrawing #portlandartgallery #portlandartist #portlandart #pastelpainting #pasteldrawing #expressivedrawing #charcoaldrawing #pastelandcharcoal #contemporaryart #transcendentalart #visionaryart #figuredrawing #figureart #artpdx #portlandart #ethrealart
Radiant and transformative, fire consumes matter t Radiant and transformative, fire consumes matter to produce light. In the same way, our lives might be regarded as a process to create something greater than our bodies. Like other forms of life we are pulled and pushed by pleasure and pain. Unlike other life, we are capable of transcending those experiences, our bodies raw material for the emergence of spirit. The ineffable experiences of which, when had, prove themselves greater, and out of suffering may create the brightest flame. #naturephotography #pnwhiking #wilderness #portlandartist #wildernessphotography #pnwphotography #wilderness #pnwhiking #wildflowers #lupine #alpinebeauty #wildflowersunset
We exist only in process, inseparable from all; ev We exist only in process, inseparable from all; ever becoming, ever dying. We are interconnected, each to each, kaleidoscopic transformations of light in flux #pastelfiguredrawing #portlandartgallery #portlandartist #portlandart #pastelpainting #pasteldrawing #expressivedrawing #charcoaldrawing #pastelandcharcoal #contemporaryart #transcendentalart #visionaryart #figuredrawing #figureart #artpdx #portlandart #ethrealart
As part of the “Inside / Broadsides” at Blackf As part of the “Inside / Broadsides” at Blackfish and the Portland Eckphraestival, I collaborated with artist Valerie Mirra on three plein air pieces. Painted on-site in and near Big Sur, these broadsides incorporate the poetry by Robinson Jeffers with the coastal landscape where he spent his life. Come by Blackfish tonight at 7 PM to see the show, and enjoy live poetry readings by myself and the other amazing artists. “White-maned, wide-throated, the heavy-shouldered children of the wind leap at the sea-cliff. The invisible falcon Brooded on water and bred them in wide waste places, in a bridechamber wide to the stars’ eyes In the center of the ocean, Where no prows pass nor island is lifted ... the sea beyond Lobos is whitened with the falcon’s Passage, he is here now, The sky is one cloud, his wing-feathers hiss in the white grass, my sapling cypresses writhing In the fury of his passage Dare not dream of their centuries of future endurance of tempest. (I have granite and cypress, Both long-lasting, Planted in the earth; but the granite sea-boulders are prey to no hawk’s wing, they have taken worse pounding, Like me they remember Old wars and are quiet; for we think that the future is one piece with the past, we wonder why tree-tops And people are so shaken.)” -Granite And Cypress, by Robinson Jeffers #portlandart #blackfish #artportland #pdxartgallery #pdxartgalleries #pdxart #pdxartist #pdxartists #artpdx #pdxartshow #portlandartist #pdxpoetry #pdxpoets #portlandpoetry #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetryreading #poetrybroadsides #enpleinair
Renunciation, 30 min pose in pastel #pastelfigur Renunciation, 30 min pose in pastel #pastelfiguredrawing #portlandartgallery #portlandartist #portlandart #pastelpainting #pasteldrawing #expressivedrawing #charcoaldrawing #pastelandcharcoal #contemporaryart #transcendentalart #visionaryart #figuredrawing #figureart #artpdx #portlandart #ethrealart
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