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David Borenstein – Inspiration Everywhere

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I never knew how a Poland Spring Water bottle could be captured and used as a wonderful form of expressive art.  When we sat down with David Borenstein he discusses  how he collects water bottles, mostly Poland Spring, and fills them with paint. This allows him to “paint” in three dimensions.  His abstract art is expressive and imaginative.

What type of art is your specialty and why? Abstract art. For me, it is expressive and informative.

How long have you considered yourself an artist? How long have you been creating artwork?My entire life.

Did you study professionally? Where? I majored in sculpture at Bard as an undergraduate and was in their very first masters program.

What is your preferred medium and why?I guess a better question to ask me is, what is “currently” your preferred medium. I am always searching and creating new mediums. It is part of the art, if you will. Right now, for this show, I have collected water bottles, mostly Poland Spring, and filled them with paint. It allows me to “paint” in three dimensions.

What is your preferred subject and why? Imagination.

How would you define your style? “Style” is not a word I would apply to my work, since I feel like I am always changing, taking different levels of risk, getting influenced by different events and emotions. Although, when people come upon a piece I have done, they always recognize it as mine.

Maybe you could sum up the style, if you will, in the word “exploration”.

How do you feel your work has developed through out the years?My work has always been dimensional. Starting with a beer can chair I designed when I was a kid! I would say perhaps the quest of seeking out and creating new mediums has seen the most development.

What is the best thing about being an artist? Endless and constant freedom of expression.

What is the worst thing about being an artist? When something stands in the way of the above!

What/who inspires you? There is inspiration everywhere- it is hard to pin down. There are the greatest artists, of course, but inspiration tends to sneak up on me when I travel. A line painted down a London street, a rusty piece of corrugated steel in an alley in Marrakech.

What advice do you have for aspiring artists? Don’t be afraid. Not for one minute.

What inspired you at the winery. First of all, the youth and the passion there. I’m so glad to be teamed up with the Robibero Family Winery. Abstract art takes a certain level of daring.

How did you get your inspiration there? Believe it or not, the first time I was there, I picked up a discarded Poland Spring bottle. I crushed it, to show Ryan the trick my brother-in-law Steve had just shown me — how they are now designed to crush. When you put a few of those bottles together, they resemble a cluster of grapes.

Do you plan your work carefully with sketches, photos and grids, or do you work with gesture and intuition? Both, or either way, actually depending on the piece.

Tell us more about your artwork created at the winery. I guess you can say it is a representation of an eco-minded meeting between the Robibero Family Vineyards and Monet.

What is most satisfying about making art based inspired by the winery? It has enabled me to create an interesting and distinctive medium.

What is the most frustrating about making art inspired by the winery? As always, time is the ultimate frustration.



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