ARTIST STATEMENT:
The steam engine is the quintessential symbol of the Industrial Revolution, the fearsome and immensely powerful agent of change that linked coasts, devastated forests and buffalo herds, and even standardized time. The networks that railroads created were an earlier, physical version of today’s electronic internet – for better, or worse. And yet, unlike the cyber world, the train has a dramatic and even theatrical physical presence with all of its force and moving parts in plain view. My paintings explore the two sides of this critical machine – its identity as a giant, mechanical sculpture which we cannot help but admire, and its capacity to forever alter the landscapes and people it encounters.
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CURRICULUM VITAE To read an overview of Faigin’s exhibition history, education, teaching and lecturing venues, writing projects, art tour...
PAINTINGS: Still Lifes 1990 to 2001 Faigin spent a decade painting the images in this Still Life series, creating...
TRAINS & TOWERSFINISHED PAINTINGS CLICK ON IMAGE to see the full painting, plus title, size & medium.
PAINTINGS: Imaginary Landscapes The geometry of the man-altered landscape becomes obvious from an airplane, and everyone has been struck,...
GAGE | Fine Art Workshops Faigin demonstrates sketching the portrait in oil. Photo by Anna Shapiro Gary Faigin teaches several...
