Orange Physical therapists in Middletown have worked hard to improve my pained neck and back from a car/truck accident I was in in New York City. Much improved - not perfect. The truck that hit my car was large. Grateful to Progressive insurance for doing their job.
Always looking for work. Grateful to get through a difficult year. My plans are set for painting botanicals, landscapes, asian ink and brush art and Ketubah commissions. i will be teaching gouache painting techniques of nature science subjects at NYBG in January.
List of memorable teachers and mentors:
Miss Reiser kindergarten - let me paint for the first time on an easel!
Mrs. Norton 6th grade - took my class to Chinatown where I fell in love with Asian art while singing every song from the Sound of Music.
Mrs. Lubell JHS 113: 7th - 9th taught me to read and write with passion.
Ms Rita Lee 9th year special art class-
Showed me the difference between commercial art and fine art and how the two were historically the same. Took me to the Hip Bagel in Greenwich Village and I became an artist for life.
Dr. Parrino English teacher JHS 113 - be the best at whatever I wanted to be.
Dr. Starr social studies Art & Design - homework was artwork.
Mr. Bigeleisen - typography and graphic design
Mr. Eliscu - sculpture
Mr. Eric Marcus - car rides & math
At FIT Mr. Jacobs taught me how to draw, Fay Lewis how to mix colors and Lillian Weiss how to paint "A"paintings and still get a "D" for dating some one she didn't like.
Joy Christov - my role model of a
Professional woman at Macy's and Avon.
Leo Schein - my textile design & professional art mentor to 1/64 of an inch.
Nat Kaz - how to be a fine artist for real,
Art Students League instructor, mentor and rented my first apartment studio on West 73rd St from him.
Barry Friedman -
Introduced me to fine decorative arts
Paintings and objects des arts, marketing and resales. Flea markets, galleries and auctions.
Spiritual Masters: Sri Chinmoy, creative yoga,
Paramhansa Hariharananda Giri meditation kriya yoga the real deal
Botanical Art teachers: Kevin Nicolay, Eleanor Wunderlich and Anne Ophelia Dowden.
Japanese sumi-e sensei- Koho Yamamoto
Chinese master artist - Guo Liang Jui
Dogu Choegyal Rimpoche - Tibetan master artist
HH Dalai Lama- meditation workshop
Chinese language teacher- Jinyu Yang
Hebrew instructors - Rabbi Richard Kirsch, scribes: Rabbi Vinas and Neal Yerman.
Jewish meditation: Rabbi Goldie Milgram, Mindy Ribner and Shefa Gold.
Feminist and literary mentor Tama Starr
Manicure guru: Andy Warhol
Mattiathola Purple © Roberta Rosenthal 10/30/13
© Roberta Rosenthal 10/30/13
and gouache for Josh and Rachel Aronson © Roberta Rosenthal 10/18/13
"Wallkill River", ink and watercolor
on rice paper for recommission as 3'x4' oil on canvas. © Rosenthal 10/30/13
who inspires me, pushes the envelope and often surprises me with awesome paintings.
I could not do all of this without a lifetime of teachers and mentors.
Gratitude for all of you past and present. And to all unmentioned you are not forgotten.
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