Statement
Marcy Elise Bernstein presents an intoxicating fusion of paint, photographic abstractions, and wax on distressed surfaces. Her bold stripes and bars emerge through primitive, instinctual brushwork that commands attention and invites deep contemplation. Her large-scale, dreamlike canvases pulse with lush, slashing brushstrokes and unexpected color combinations that create visual poetry about creativity, sensuality, and the human experience.
Bernstein’s paintings are an evocative combination of paint, photographic abstractions, and wax on distressed surfaces. Stripes and bars manifest themselves in Bernstein’s painterly hands to visuals of strong, primitive impulse. The lush slashing brushstrokes, aberrant color, and the strong primitive drawing invite us to look inward.
“They’re filled with allusions to the raw energy of creation itself.” Bernstein
Selected Exhibitions:
The Great American Women’s Sculpture Park
Ceres Gallery NYC
Arts Mid-Hudson Gallery, NY
Queens City Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
Roost Studios and Art Gallery, New Paltz, NY
Phoenix Gallery, NYC
Unison Art Gallery, New Paltz, NY
Mountain View Gallery NY
Robibero Gallery & Winery Gardiner, NY
Grants and Fellowships
Jumpstart the Arts Grant
NYSCA Art and Entrepreneurship Grant
Skidmore College Fellowship in Painting
Private Collections
Pam and Craig Booth – Gardiner, NY
Beth Gelber and Jeffrey Farbanaic – Saratoga Springs NY
Betsy Gelvin and Satyabodhi Densmore – Rosendale NY
Irwin Landau – Santa Monica, CA
Millicent Komet – Boynton Beach FL
Lauree Feldman – NY, NY
Helaine and Ricky Gordon – NY, NY
Meryl Weinsaft-Cooper and Chris Cooper – Brooklyn, NY
Leslie Komet San – Antonio, TX
Jana Silver and Aaron Kropf – Amherst, MA
Michael Jurkovic and Emily Monahan – Walkhill, NY
Paul Bracey – Wilkes-Barre, PA
Gina Tauro – Tillson, NY
Christopher Lawrence – NY, NY
Martin Davis – Kingston, NY
Mark Jaffe Cohen – Los Angelos, CA
Joel Landau – Rosendale, NY