Marina Goldberg Fine Art

Marina Goldberg
Fine Art

https://www.marinagoldberg.com/home

Sweet memories.
Watercolor on paper.
15"x22"

Fascinating conversation.
Watercolor on paper.
15"x22"

I am a classically trained artist from Saint Petersburg, Russia.
My art training started when I was 6 years old and still on going.

I was lucky enough to get the best of what Russia could offer, the training, Shtiegletz Art Academy; the teachers, Kovalevsky;
and the most beautiful city with the best art collections.

After I immigrated to the US, I completed my degree in painting in san Francisco Art Institute,
one of the oldest Art schools in the city, established in 1871.

I always worked as an artist: illustrator, graphic designer
and virtual environment artist and for 20+ years as an Art Director of computer games.
I won major awards(EMMA), and recognition of the industry, but my first love, something I do almost every day, is painting.
For the most of my life my preferred medium is watercolor.
Ultimately, what I’m most interested in is uncovering the intangible, ethereal nature of whatever I paint. In all my work, I aim to create imagery
that transcends “the subject” so that “it” becomes a vehicle for symbolism
and conveys a sense of timelessness.

This pursuit is a moving target and a life-long quest. I strive to preserve the fleeting illusion of presence, to maintain that exact moment of light
when its alchemy transforms the familiar to the extraordinary.
I find that it’s within this space we are invited to take pause.

I paint a lot of figurative paintings, still lives, Cityscapes and landscapes.
My style tends to be more impressionistic than purely classical.
I like the immediacy and in the moment of an Ala Prima painting.

I paint quite a few portraits on commission,
participate and was lucky to win some recognition
on the local and international art shows.

My work is in privet and museum collections of Russia, Europe
and United States, and I am grateful that it brings enjoyment
into peoples lives.