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| Michael Silverstein Biography |
Michael Silverstein began his long and "stop-start" journey as an artist at the age of ten,
when he spent every Saturday with the renowned artist Joseph Newman, at his studio on
Central Park West in New York City. He worked with pastels and water colors until he
transitioned into oils under the tutelage of Charles Seide, resident artist and teacher at the
Brooklyn Museum of Art. He entered Columbia University when he turned 17, receiving his
BA in 1956 and his MBA in 1958.
Michael took what he calls a "brief hiatus” from painting of fifty years after he married and
moved to Harrison New York and devoted his time to raising his three children and advancing
his career first as COO of one of the countries largest and most respected marketing and
communications companies and then as EVP Marketing Director for a top ten advertising
agency.
He retired about ten years ago to Sarasota Florida where he met an artist he describes as a
"world-class" painter and teacher whose approach to painting closely reflected a style he
longed to return to. He began working with him and resumed painting 6 years ago. When
asked if he regrets letting 50 years elapse between "art sessions" he says he was simply
"Waiting for inspiration".
Michael's studio is in Sarasota and while he mostly works in still life’s, he occasionally uses
his 8 grandchildren for the inspiration he so patiently waited for.
when he spent every Saturday with the renowned artist Joseph Newman, at his studio on
Central Park West in New York City. He worked with pastels and water colors until he
transitioned into oils under the tutelage of Charles Seide, resident artist and teacher at the
Brooklyn Museum of Art. He entered Columbia University when he turned 17, receiving his
BA in 1956 and his MBA in 1958.
Michael took what he calls a "brief hiatus” from painting of fifty years after he married and
moved to Harrison New York and devoted his time to raising his three children and advancing
his career first as COO of one of the countries largest and most respected marketing and
communications companies and then as EVP Marketing Director for a top ten advertising
agency.
He retired about ten years ago to Sarasota Florida where he met an artist he describes as a
"world-class" painter and teacher whose approach to painting closely reflected a style he
longed to return to. He began working with him and resumed painting 6 years ago. When
asked if he regrets letting 50 years elapse between "art sessions" he says he was simply
"Waiting for inspiration".
Michael's studio is in Sarasota and while he mostly works in still life’s, he occasionally uses
his 8 grandchildren for the inspiration he so patiently waited for.