ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES - JUSTINA SELINGER

Justina Selinger is a plein air painter whose work is well known for its radiant light and color, as well as for its simplicity of composition. Selinger was raised in Nierstein am Rhein, West Germany. As a child, she was fascinated with color and design. During the war, she had no art supplies to express her creative passion, not even crayons. But she remembers the influence and power of the Old Masters, as well as Vincent Van Gogh and other Impressionists.

Born and educated in Germany, Selinger paints exclusively with oil medium, and was initially schooled in the traditional methods of the old masters. However, she felt that something was missing within the traditional style, especially in the rendition of color. The search for completeness of expression, which emphasizes the full-color spectrum, led her to study at the School of Light and Color in California and with Lois Griffel at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, MA.

Selinger feels that oil painting is a natural extension of herself. She loves having the ability to make and mix colors. She revels in the smell and feel of the pigments, even the smell of turpentine; and she especially loves when all of these elements mesh with her creative vision to make an image come together. As a plein air painter, Selinger often does multiple small studies in order to capture the constant variation in light. She then uses these studies in her studio to complete a larger painting.

Selinger is an award-winning artist whose work is enjoyed by many international collectors throughout the U.S., Europe and Japan. Her work is also exhibited through various domestic galleries including the California Collector’s Gallery in Kentfield, CA; the Lionshead Gallery in Carmel Valley, CA; Z Forrest Gallery in Tubac, AZ; and at the Garafolo & Osborne Gallery in Avon, CT.

Selinger recently completed a very successful exhibition at the renowned Sausalito Art Festival in California. Her most recent national award was received at the Light and Color National Exhibit in Colorado. Her paintings are also featured in the latest edition of Sharon O’Connor’s series, Menus and Music, integrating food, music and art.

"Inspired by Impressionism, I am a painter of the light and its enchantments. With light as the subject, I explore the full spectrum of color which permeates every object and scene."