Jeanine Sobell Pastore’s work is figurative, but done with an expressionist’s hand. Her paintings are directly impacted by her surroundings and influenced by emotion and memory.
Jeanine grew up in upstate NY, received her BA at Bowdoin College in Maine, and worked in Boston as a designer and art director of corporate audiovisual presentations for over 20 years. She has studied with many artists and been particularly influenced by Timothy Hawkesworth, Catherine Kehoe, Susan Lichtman and Peri Schwartz.
Now painting full time at her studio at the Munroe Center of the Arts in Lexington, MA, Jeanine exhibits regularly and is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Roddy Prize at Concord Art’s 18th Annual Frances N. Roddy Competition in 2017.
Works by Jeanine Sobell Pastore
Deep Pink Peony, 4 x 8in - $750
Beyond the Boats, 8 x 8in - $1,200
New Harbor I, 3 x 6in - $700
Giant's Stairs, 4 x 8in - $750
New Harbor II, 4 x 8in - $750
Pemaquid Loop, 4 x 8in - $750
Low Tide, 10 x 10in - $1,500
First Time, 6 x 6in - $750
Exuberance, 10 x 10in - $1,500
Fairwind Marine, 6 x 6in - $750
Coastal Patterns, 24 x 48in - $4,400
Tide Coming In, 48 x 36in - $6,300
• Ocean Mist Commission - SOLD
• Surrounded by Wind - SOLD
• Boats at Rest - SOLD
• Monhegan 2023 - SOLD
• Monhegan Sky - SOLD
• Monhegan Island Heat - SOLD
• River / Ocean - SOLD
• Gathered Flowers - SOLD
• Rough Waters, Steady Boat - SOLD
• Rocky Edge, Rushing Waters - SOLD
• Pink Peonies #2 - SOLD
• Little Buds - SOLD
• Early Evening on Bailey Island - SOLD
• Bailey Island - SOLD
• Peonies w/ Prussian Blue - SOLD
• Next to the Contented Sole - SOLD
• Rafe's Chasm Revisited - SOLD
• View from the Lighthouse - SOLD
• Ocean Mist - SOLD
• Behind Ogunquit Museum - SOLD
• Ocean Breeze, 4 x6in - SOLD
• Fiori - SOLD
• Feeling the Maine Vibe - SOLD
• The Secret View - SOLD
• Rafe's Chasm - SOLD
• Phippsburg - SOLD
• Little Buds - SOLD
• New Harbor - SOLD
• Early Evening Light - SOLD
• Monhegan - SOLD
• Ann's Japanese Maple - SOLD
• Orange & Red Pear - SOLD
Get to Know Jeanine Sobell Pastore
How might you describe your work to a first time viewer?
My work is inspired by intense observation that somehow guides me through the process of painting. I react to visual stimuli, as well as physical and emotional sensations. It feels like a rush of excitement that becomes more focused and usually challenging if I keep on pushing - not thinking about where I’m going or what it’s going to look like at the end.
What drives you to create?
Good question. I’m not really sure! It feels like a part of my being and comes naturally… although not always easily. That’s the challenge and probably what keeps me going.
A dream plein air travel destination?
Rome, Florence…would love to rent a villa somewhere in Italy!
Artist’s Statement
"My approach to making art is guided by intense observation of the subject, be it a landscape, figure or domestic interior, and influenced by emotion and memory. The act of painting releases a stream of consciousness and creative energy that reveals my view of reality, which is not always what I expect to see. The tension between visual perception and engaging with the paint itself guides my process. It straddles the line between realism and abstraction. Nothing excites me more than finding the right color, loading the brush, and applying paint to the canvas or panel. Painting leaves a record of my experience. It is my most poignant and genuine means of expression."
-Jeanine Sobell Pastore
Jeanine’s Studio Tour
Read through Jeanine Sobell Pastore’s artist Q&A to learn more about her work and browse photos of her Lexington, Massachusetts studio.
Select Installations
Kennebunkport, ME
Interior design: Samantha S. Pappas; Photo by Courtney Elizabeth; Yarmouth, ME
Newburyport, MA