about
Arlene Weinstock, CPSA

Arlene Weinstock is an award winning nationally recognized artist working in colored pencil and mixed media. She teaches colored pencil techniques to adults. Weinstock holds Signature Status and Five Year Merit recognition in the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA).  Her work has been juried into local and national art shows and her piece “February” is published in The Best of Colored Pencil 4.  

• One Artist show at Sasha Witte Interiors, Long Beach, CA
• Teacher for the Palos Verdes Art Center.
• Instructor and demonstrator for Lyra a division of the Dixon Ticonderoga Company, Lake Mary, FL.
• Teacher for the Art League of Alexandria located in the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Old Town Alexandria, VA. (2004 - 2009)
• One artist show at JLP Fine Arts in Lutherville, MD in 2008
• Five Year Merit Award from the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA)
• Signature member in the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA)
• Founding member of the Metro Washington Chapter of the CPSA
• BFA from Boston University
• Studied web site development at the Corcoran Museum School.
• Owns Content That Counts LLC a website consulting company.

about my work

Light allows us to see; yet too much light washes away the detail just as shadow and darkness obscure it. Fog and rain diffuse light. My work celebrates the visual ambiguity caused by these atmospheric conditions. My images draw the viewer into the picture by inviting interpretation of what is seen. My technique adds to the ambiguity.

I use textured boards under lightweight paper, a technique known as “frottage”, to create a rich painterly surface of optically mixed color. This surface adds vibrancy to the viewing experience. When standing close to the work, the viewer sees a complex abstract of overlapping textures made up of various marks and scribbles of color. As the viewer steps back from the surface, a landscape emerges.

My landscapes are compositions deesigned as space for personal reflection. The transitions between light and dark and the complexity of the mid-tones are a metaphor for the journey from emptiness to possibility.

Exhibits and Awards A list of shows and special notices.