The renowned breast cancer organization celebrates their 10th anniversary on Saturday, October 10 at Mitchells of Westport. (For more information on Geoffrey Stein, and samples of his work, click here.) “I understand how lucky I am to have both worlds.” “It’s so nice to have all these trees, and so much room,” Stein says. His wife’s firm plans to bring their lawyers back after Labor Day. “I’ve had my head down, working and marketing,” he admits.Īs he starts his next project - a Stacey Abrams collage - Stein is thinking about how to go back to the city. One downside to working alone: Stein says he has not had time to engage with Westport’s arts community. “We meet in the middle for lunch and coffee,” he says.) (Their offices are on opposite sides of the house. “We recognize how fortunate we are,” Stein says. It’s been a wonderful sanctuary for them. Since moving here full-time in the early days of the pandemic, they have gotten to know their neighbors better. Arriving Friday night and leaving Sunday, they were very much New York-focused. He and his wife Pat - a partner in a law firm - bought a house here in 2015. Stein works in a studio at his Westport home. After earning an MFA from the Slade School in London, he began moving into the political realm. He began experimenting with collages at the Studio School. They don’t know what an artist does.” Then again, he adds, “I don’t know what ‘artist’ means either. “A more prudent person would have taken a leave of absence” from the firm, he says.īut - although he’s kept his license, and still does a bit of contract work - Stein has been a full-time artist for nearly 20 years. For 3 years, Stein practiced law while taking classes at the New York Studio School. Though “there are some very creative people” in the profession, he could not find that niche.įinally, in 1999, his wife said, “Go to art school. He kept looking for a more creative way to practice law. He carved wood, built things, welded metal sculptures and took photos.
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