An Evolving Life. Goldenrod

An Evolving Life. Goldenrod

Meryl Spiegel
An Evolving Life, Life Ramblings, Meryl Spiegel, Art Plus Conversation

Goldenrod

Living in a perpetual present this year has been both a challenge and a gift. Without the ability to plan for the future, we’re left facing each day with more focus and yes, more gratitude.

Now with the threat of an even more transmissible strain of Covid on the loose and the tightening of travel restrictions, however, there seems to be no immediate end in sight to the isolation. So as temperatures plummeted earlier this week and the snowstorm kept me inside, my memory kicked in. I recalled the deep yellow of goldenrod and the variety of blue and green grasses carpeting the dunes at the end of summer here on the East End.

It is with these warm, colorful thoughts, I hope to brighten your spirits just a bit during this holiday weekend with this mixed media piece, Goldenrod, employing watercolor, pastel, marker and colored pencil.

When it’s difficult to reach out, reaching inward toward one’s imagination can work wonders!

Happy New Year!

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Goldenrod

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Meryl Spiegel

Meryl Spiegel is a photographic artist, whose work reflects her relentless curiosity whether she is on the street, in the fields or by the water. A former journalist for The New York Times with an MFA in Creative Writing, she now focuses primarily on her artwork, but is thrilled to share her thoughts here about how her creative life continues to evolve and expand.

“I picked up a camera years ago thinking it was the only way I could render humanity and its wonders,” she recalls. “Then three years ago, I began to draw and ultimately paint, not knowing I could.”

Also an educator, Meryl teaches photography as well as yoga, a passion that fuels her creativity off the mat. Regularly, she conducts photographic workshops at East End Arts. Last year the Center Moriches Library was awarded a grant from the NY State Council on the Arts to fund a Composition class conducted by Meryl and offered free to its patrons. This summer and fall, she will be conducting more classes at the library.

Meryl lives with her husband, Steven, and her hound dog, Copper, in East Quogue —where she raised her two daughters, Lauren, a Westhampton real estate agent, and Jaclyn, a financial analyst in Manhattan.

 

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