Geoffrey Stein
Photo: Rosie Lopeman
Geoffrey Stein is a recovering lawyer, who has been painting full-time since 2000. He received a Certificate in painting from the New York Studio School in 2004, and an MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, London in 2007. Stein lives and paints in New York City.
“I paint, draw and collage to find out what I think about the world; to discover the things I do not have words for. When painting, I savor the slips of the hand that express one’s unconscious feelings about the subject, and in collage, I love the randomness — the snippets of text and photographs appearing and disappearing that becomes the subject’s likeness. 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 work rather explores the tension of what needs to be shown and what does not, the seen and the unseen.”
Some of his unique portraits are available at The Minster Gallery.
Justice Jackson
Collage material from the transcript of Justice Jackson’s confirmation hearing, the New York Times March 25, 2022, acrylic and pencil on canvas
76 x 76 cm
Stacey Abrams
Collage material from the New York Times, and altered photographs by Mississippi Today, Tougaloo Commencement Speech; Screenshot from Stacey Abrams commercial; Jessica Mcgowan, Getty Images; Alyssa Pointer, Atlanta Journal Constitution; Brynn Anderson, AP; Diwang Valdez, New York Times; acrylic, and pencil on canvas
76 x 76 cm
Justice Sotomayor
Collage material from Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, dissent written by Justice Sotomayor, 595 U.S. (2021) acrylic and pencil on canvas
76 x 76 cm
Vice President Harris
Collage material from the transcript of U.S. Senator Kamala Harris questioning Attorney General William Barr before the Senate Judiciary Committee, May 1, 2019, acrylic, gesso and pencil on canvas
76 x 76 cm
The Poet
Collage material from Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb” read on January 20, 2021 at President Biden’s Inauguration, acrylic and pencil on canvas
76 x 76 cm
Wise Beyond Her Years
Collage material from Greta Thunberg’s September 23, 2019 speech before the United Nations Climate Action Summit, acrylic and pencil on canvas
80 x 90 cm
President Joe Biden
Collage material from The New York TImes and the transcript of Biden’s November 11, 2020 victory speech from the Washington Post, acrylic, gesso and pencil on canvas
76 x 76 cm
A.O.C.
Collage material from Representative Ocasio-Cortez’z speech on July 23rd, 2020, and photocopies of the New York Times and a digitally altered photograph, acrylic, gesso and pencil on canvas
76 x 76 cm
Dissenting
Collage Material from Burwell. v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., dissent written by Justice Ginsburg, 573 U.S. _ (2014), acrylic and pencil on canvas
76 x 76 cm
Madame Speaker
Collage material from House Resolution 775, Impeaching Donald John Trump, December 15, 2019, acrylic and pencil on canvas
76 x 76 cm
The Queen
Collage material from altered photographs from The Times of London, Getty Images, Shutterstock and Reuters, acrylic and pencil on canvas
76 x 76 cm
Individual One
Collage material from The Mueller Report; The Final Report of the Special Counsel into Donald Trump, Russia and Collusion, acrylic, gesso, pencil on canvas
76 x 76 cm
Rachel Maddow
Collage material from the New York Times, gesso, acrylic and pencil on canvas
76 x 76 cm
Elizabeth Warren
Collage from the Dodd-Frank Act she championed, authorizing the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and acrylic on canvas
61 x 91 cm
The Dissent Collar, 2019
Collage material from the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., dissent written by Justice Ginsburg 573 U.S. (2014), acrylic and pencil on canvas,
76 x 76 cm
Mayor Mike, 2019
Collage material from copies of a photo of a Bloomberg Terminal, gun control text from mikebloomberg.com, New York Times and Wall Street Journal, collaged Guardian photo, acrylic, gesso and pencil on canvas
76 x 76 cm
Foggy Empire State Building
acrylic on canvas
25 x 25 cm
Blue Empire State Building
acrylic on canvas
25 x 25 cm
Blue and Green Empire State Building
acrylic on canvas
25 x 25 cm
Night Shadows
acrylic on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Ali Back (Blue Bra)
pencil, charcoal, gesso, acrylic and varnish on paper
67 x 56 cm
Cabs at Night
acrylic on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm