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Geoffrey Gersten (b. 1986) is an internationally represented painter based in Scottsdale, Arizona. After early success as a CAD
designer for Honeywell and Boeing, he began painting professionally in 2007. A self-taught artist, he learned to paint from privately
studying old master techniques for many years. In his early work, Gersten was inspired by surrealism and the idea of painting Dream
worlds or expressing the concepts of dreams and visions. “We live in the present but we think in dreams,＂ he is fond of saying.
With a “great host of witnesses (the old masters),＂ Geoffrey's signature style developed from a confluence of abstract expressionism
and photorealism. He describes his most recent canvases as the “super-duper groovy＂ series, exploring themes of personal
realization meeting popular culture. With past exhibitions spanning the US as well as Taiwan, Bratislava, and Madrid, his work has
been more widely collected each year. Geoffrey's paintings can be seen in respected galleries in the US and prestigious art fairs in the
around the world.
2007 年，Geoffrey 開始瘋狂的收集藝術相關書籍，深深的被印象派畫作所著迷。印象派畫家的作品中的靈光一閃與抽象畫所勾勒出的輪
廓中，有著令人欣喜的相似之處。Geoffrey 開始探索超現實主義運動。比利時的超現實主義畫家―雷內 ‧ 馬格利特 Rene Magritte 永遠
是 Geoffrey 畫作的視覺呈現上的基礎。Geoffrey 是個很有才華的畫家，完全是自學摸索，主要畫作都是以油畫為主。他的畫作充滿著天
馬行空的幻想。2020 起受邀參加 LA ART SHOW 並得到許多的迴響。2021 年受邀與音樂家蕭敬騰合作，創作出蕭敬騰先生 17NEON9
世界巡回演唱會主視覺。

Coney Island Soda
Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas

91×137cm 2022

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