Meredith Gould
I’m an artist who works primarily in mixed-media painting and assemblage. I rely on Procreate to digitally create illustrations for children’s books and Canva to design cultural commentary about neurodiversity, addiction recovery, and human rights.
My analog art typically includes symbols from across Western and Eastern spiritual traditions, such as spirals, evil eye images, labyrinths, fish, and dragonflies. I also use the Hebrew letter shin, the Hebrew word chai, and etz chayim (Tree of Life) because of their special significance to my people (aka, Jews). Since moving to Albuquerque, my visual vocabulary has expanded to embrace Zia, geckos, and cacti. My colors tend to be saturated, and my textures are dynamic. These days, my style seems to skew toward magical realism.
I studied art at Carnegie Mellon University, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Parsons School of Design. I’ve had the privilege of studying two iconographers, Vladislav Andreyev (egg tempera) and Peter Pearson (acrylic paint).
During a break(down) from art, I earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from New York University, worked my way through various careers, spent time at an ashram, got sober, and authored nearly a dozen nonfiction books while ignoring the chronic pain of fibromyalgia. I, too, seem to be a work in progress.
My analog art typically includes symbols from across Western and Eastern spiritual traditions, such as spirals, evil eye images, labyrinths, fish, and dragonflies. I also use the Hebrew letter shin, the Hebrew word chai, and etz chayim (Tree of Life) because of their special significance to my people (aka, Jews). Since moving to Albuquerque, my visual vocabulary has expanded to embrace Zia, geckos, and cacti. My colors tend to be saturated, and my textures are dynamic. These days, my style seems to skew toward magical realism.
I studied art at Carnegie Mellon University, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Parsons School of Design. I’ve had the privilege of studying two iconographers, Vladislav Andreyev (egg tempera) and Peter Pearson (acrylic paint).
During a break(down) from art, I earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from New York University, worked my way through various careers, spent time at an ashram, got sober, and authored nearly a dozen nonfiction books while ignoring the chronic pain of fibromyalgia. I, too, seem to be a work in progress.