One’s life is interesting in that it is frequently a series of events, experiences and choices constantly evolving to result in the content of that life.  My artist’s journey feels like it has been a road filled with detours.  I am proud to have found my way along my path as I continue to  paint and enjoy the process of expression through visual creativity.  When drawing and painting, I am at peace with myself and time seems to stand still.  

       My early creative artistic beginnings in my teens were all about shape, color and magic markers.  

Artist Statement

Eventually, I wanted to learn more about art and different art making media and how to use them.  In art classes, I began sketching from life and painting in pastels, watercolor and oils.  I attended a variety of art classes in formal settings as well as learning in workshops taught by artists proficient in various art media. I slowly evolved into a representational painter. I enjoy the opportunities to express form, light, depth and movement and find that painting representationally opens up the possibilities for this. I also enjoy painting outside.  Plein Air is a term which means “in the open air” and “plein air” painters often paint an artwork (from start to finish) outside.  Sometimes, I’ll complete a watercolor sketch outside and then have the reference plein air watercolor sketch as the basis for a larger painting. Seeing the colors of a new day arriving with the sunrise or watching the reds, yellows, and blues subtly changing during a sunset are sources of inspiration for me.  Nature pulls me in and simply asks  me to be still and to look around. My paint and brushes are ready.  

Celeste was born in New York City and grew up in Greenwich Village. She also spent many days of summer at what she and her family affectionately called, “the lake house” and was very influenced by the nature there. Celeste comes from a lineage of very creative, musical and artistic family members.   Currently she lives in New England with her husband and their pets.

Selected Juried & Invitational Shows

2023 March “Flower Show- Songs of Spring-Nature’s Music” Attleboro Arts Museum Attleboro, Massachusetts

2022 August “South Coast Artists Open Studio Tour at the Westport Art Group” Westport, Massachusetts

June “East Greenwich Art Club Art Show” East Greenwich Library East Greenwich, Rhode Island

May “Imagine Color” Portsmouth Arts Guild Common Fence Point Gallery Portsmouth, Rhode Island 2ND PLACE

March “Beauty and the Beast” Deblois Art Gallery Middletown, Rhode Island

2021 Nov. “East Greenwich Art Club Show” Cranston Library Cranston, Rhode Island

Oct. “East Greenwich Art Club Show at Crestar” East Greenwich, Rhode Island

Sept. “Plein Air Paint Out @TivertonFourCorners” Tiverton, Rhode Island

2019 April “Fur, Feathers, and Fins” Wickford Art Association Wickford, Rhode Island

2018 Nov. “Artists for the Bay” Save the Bay Center Providence, Rhode Island

2017 Aug. “Wet Paint” Newport Art Museum Newport, Rhode Island

March “Journey: A Traveler’s Perspective” Warwick Center for the Arts Warwick, Rhode Island

2016 Aug. “A Passion for Art- East Greenwich Art Club Show” Atrium Gallery Providence, Rhode Island

2015 Oct. “Remembrances- Bristol Art Museum Library Show” Bristol, Rhode Island 2ND PLACE

Art & Education

2019 “Drawing” at the Rhode Island School of Design’s Continuing Education Program

1999-2009 “Watercolor, Pastel and Oil” classes at the New Jersey Visual Arts Center

2008 “Oil Painting” at the Art Student’s League of New York

2005 “Fine Art/Visual Art” at the New Jersey Union County College Associate Degree Awarded

1990 “Music Therapy Master’s Program” at the New York University Master’s Degree Awarded

Celeste has been a student in a variety of art classes over the years as well as those listed here. She continues to enjoy participating in art workshops as well as teaching and sharing what she has learned with others.