Steven Seinberg was born in Brooklyn, then later moved to Georgia, where he attended Atlanta College of Art for his BFA and Georgia State University for his MFA. Inspired by pioneering Abstract Expressionists such as Cy Twombly, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, and Clyfford Still his work uses a formula of graphite, oil, and canvas to create these breath-like creations. Seinberg’s somber pallet, bold strokes, and poetic line work connect the outside world with motion as incessant and loss being inevitable. Seinberg is continually inspired by the biological senses, environmental factors, and emotional responses to these surroundings. His use of earth tones and bold strokes provide these mesmeratic applications, leaving the viewer in a transcendence of time and space.

In his newest body of work - Only the Light on the Sea – Steven Seinberg advances an almost three-decade long exploration of the forces of the nature and their cellular connection to our psychic equilibrium. Steve’s creative rudder has steadily guided him to maintain a highly recognizable visual language characterized by clarity of vision and technical mastery.

Critics, curators and collectors often comment that Seinberg’s paintings seem inspired by Cy Twombly or Spanish artist Antoni Tapies, as well as other artistic giants whose work also investigates mankind’s relationship to the organic universe. While Steve acknowledges ancestral philosophical connections to the impulses that inform their oeuvres, there is a powerful distinction between Seinberg’s lighter, more expressive and poetic vocabulary and the work these important painters created. Steve seemed to have found “his voice” at the inception of his career and, while expanding it and mining it, has never lost sight of it.

He rose to prominence in the early 1990’s amidst a regional artistic explosion that captured the imagination of collectors across the South, and far beyond. His first exhibition with my gallery was in 1993. And what a debut it was. Prior to being met with a rousing embrace by Atlantans on opening night, his entire body of work had been bought out the night before by the premier luxury retailer, Saks Fifth Avenue. At that time, Saks had just begun a nationwide initiative to elevate their signature stores with exceptional unique works of art. Their passion for Steve’s work earned it prominent placement in their stores from New York, Chicago and San Francisco to Beverly Hills, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta and Palm Beach.

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