Natasha Rosenbaum

The tension in Natasha Rosenbaum's paintings is driven by her complex brushwork as it both reveals and conceals her subjects, who are frequently nudes or personal portraits. At times appearing enthralled by the painterly strokes which created them, her subjects can frequently be found in pools of fading gold or silver light, with luminosity playing off a patch of skin or on bent limbs. This strong presence of reflected light appears regularly in Natasha’s work, including her more impressionistic landscapes and still-lifes, whether the light is caught in turbulent water or enmeshed in flower petals.

Natasha has called her works "explosive cocktails," and whether working in oil, gouache, or charcoal, a daring mix of details and elision dominates her work, yielding a soft-edged fragmentation. Natasha Rosenbaum translates her private fluctuation of feelings in the moment of creation through her subject to the viewer, with ecstasy intact. Her paintings exist in their own worlds, yet we know these moments, and in viewing them we are revealed.