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  Gallery #639   

      March 12, 2018

Twelve Pieces by Contemporary Artist

                  Kadin Goldberg (Born 1985)

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"The Last Winter"

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  Feature Artist Bio

By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the first of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by American painter 

Kadin Goldberg (born 1985 in California, USA).

Born in the Santa Cruz mountains of California, Kadin primarily paints the landscape in oil and captures our world in a style known as impressionistic realism. At a very young age he moved with his Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister and 140 pound black lab into their 16-foot travel trailer and proceeded to travel the western United States for a full year. Spending a year in campgrounds and being outdoors every day was where he first found his true passion for nature.

When Kadin was 8 years old he moved to Red Lodge, MT where he spent the next 10 years of his life exploring the mountains, drawing, snowboarding and playing music. After moving to Missoula, MT with a plan to study painting at the University of Montana, he quickly realized that the program had very little focus on representational art and so he decided to switch majors. In 2007 he graduated top of his classes with a B.A. in Psychology, a degree which ultimately has been incredibly influential in his career as a landscape painter.

After learning that innate talent is nothing but a myth, or at least convincing himself of such, Kadin decided to throw himself into the world of representational art. He moved to Florence, Italy where he studied over 40 hours a week learning traditional drawing methods of the masters at Angel Academy of Art. Longing for access to the outdoors and small town living, Kadin then moved to Marshall, NC where he would continue his studies with renowned portrait and figurative artist, Angela Cunningham. After gaining a strong understanding of form and becoming confident in his technical abilities, Kadin decided it was time to take his painting outdoors and learn directly from nature.

Since going outdoors to paint, Kadin has won two Awards of Excellence at the Paso Robles Plein Air Fest in Paso Robles, CA, People's Choice Award at the Driggs Diggs Plein Air Art Festival in Driggs, ID, as well as First Place at the Rocky Mountain Regional Juried Exhibition in Red Lodge, MT.

​Kadin almost exclusively paints outdoors but on occasion he brings these outdoor studies into the studio where he completes more finished and refined paintings from them. His goal is to bring attention to the beauty of our natural world, capture the feeling of a specific place and ultimately help protect that place through awareness.

Kadin's influences include: Dennis Miller Bunker, Edgar Payne, Edward Harrison Compton, Nicolai Fechin, Bill Anton, William Herbert Dunton, Clyde Aspevig, T Allen Lawson, Richard Schmid as well as countless others.​

                                                     

                                                               ARTIST'S OFFICIAL BIO                                                                     https://www.kadingoldberg.com/about.html

 

 

 

Kadin Goldberg's

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

                                          www.kadingoldberg.com                                     

                        ARTIST'S STATEMENT

As high-rises tear into our natural skyline and mountain ranges are demolished to make room for shopping malls, I paint the natural world in order to bring attention to its beauty and its necessity.  All of my paintings, in the very least, begin by painting in the great outdoors.  This not only enables me to create truthful and accurate paintings, it also is an excuse for me to get out of our artificial environment and get into our natural one.

 

By creating a strong design with large shapes, I am able to initially connect with the viewer and invite them to take a closer look.  Using thick and thin layers of oil paint, I create a surface that, when seen from a distance, appears to be a window into our world.  When viewed closer, the surface is revealed to be quite abstract with infinite variety in tone and color.

 

Through the combination of accuracy and abstract design, my goal is to capture the viewer’s attention long enough to show them just how beautiful our world can be. 

 

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