biography Natalie Levy’s art education began when she was 8 years old; her artist uncle gave her her first oil paint set and lessons in their brownstone backyard. Natalie’s
more formal education began at the Brooklyn Museum Art School She later studied at the National Academy of Art, the 92nd
St Y and the Art Student’s League. Additionally she has participated in
several workshops at the Mass Art
Summer Arts Program at Bennington and IS 183 in Stockbridge MA. artist statement I enjoy the things that happen in the world around me; a moment caught, a shadow cast on a wall, the turn of a person's head, the geometry of a building's facade, the light causing a reflection. These are my inspiration. I enjoy the feel of oil paint as it is moved around on palette or painting surface, so reminiscent of childhood finger painting. The myriad clear, bright colors of dozens and dozens of pastels evoke the early joy of a new box of 64 crayolas, begging to be used. I enjoy watching a painting emerge as paint is applied to the clean surface waiting to receive it. Rubbing it out, adding more paint, selecting a different color, spreading it on the surface.. This, the process of art making, is what I find so absorbing, so satisfying. I want my viewer to see my painting and understand its choice as my subject. And then I hope that viewer will add his/her own perceptions and insights to the experience. For me, it is that coupling of painter and viewer which is the art.
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