Walt Blumenfeld

A purveyor of disparate styles, Walt Blumenfeld paints both figuratively and conceptually.  He paints urban and rural life, portraits and landscapes, and refuses to be pigeonholed. With hyperactive flashes of color he creates movement, and with pastels and naturals he subdues. He is inspired by the Impressionists, the Dutch post-renaissance artists, and the Baroque masters, but what unifies Walt’s paintings are that they all reflect moments he personally observes. 

In a New York minute a million things happen at once, and Walt Blumenfeld captures these fleeting moments with his paintbrush.  Having spent years looking through a microscope as a pathologist, he turns his attentive eyes toward the “microcosm of the world,” the subway, with the same level of scrutiny.  His paintings depict the full range of human expression.  From the anxious commuter to the lovers that pretend they’re the only ones in the train, he paints beauty into ordinary circumstances that most city dwellers are too busy or disillusioned to notice.