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Steinberg paints to preserve the memories of her past, reflecting love and longing for the landscape of her childhood in Canada. She begins by making complicated marks across the canvas, with oil paint. From this mass of shapes, more specific images begin to emerge that guide Steinberg toward an overall composition. Certain shapes are left abstracted, while others are transformed into recognizable figures: the outline of a house, or the dense treeline of a snowy forest. Steinberg captures the likeness of her home in Ontario, while still allowing the image to be transformed by her imagination. This process lends an expressive quality to Steinberg’s work, allowing the viewer to glimpse the layering of emotion and memory in each scene.
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My paintings are about the extravagantly humble landscape of Ontario, Canada, where I was born and lived for twenty-six years. I still love and miss it. This homesickness is very stimulating for me. After all, where is home if you don't live where you were born? Is it here in California? Is it there in Ontario? Is home both places or neither? I paint trees, sky and shells of houses that are either appearing or disappearing. My paintings depict a idea of home that really doesn't exist any more. Trying to convey these concepts on canvas is very comforting.
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