CELIA REISMAN (Suggested for Stage Six; Mastery)
Celia Reisman paints suburban landscapes inspired by the places she’s lived. Those neighborhoods are just a starting point though, as memory and invention step in and change the ordinary scenery into a make-believe, dream-like version of itself. Her paintings stand firmly in the gray area between realism and abstraction. You know that feeling when you see something visually exciting? That’s what she’s painting.