Judy Eisinger - Artist and Author
The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke
— Jerzy Kosinski
“It all started with a third grade class art project. A historical mural on a roll of brown paper taped to a wall.
Having only arrived in the US, a short couple of years prior as a young refugee, I was still not comfortable with my language skills and new environment. I was an introvert. Then there was art. I remember the feeling of creating something unique. All mine. It’s more than that for me. It’s about the process of getting there, the “rush” when art happens.
My paintings have always evolved from impressions of life, rather than a strict rendering of a given subject. In every new painting, I relish the ebb and flow of the lines and colors. The power of less is more and the ways simplicity and boldness together can magically evoke a sensation.
I paint in water based paints - turns out I’m allergic to turpentine. Watercolor and acrylic ink is as a direct medium as it can be. Once placed, a brushstroke of color will then do its magic. It is this uniqueness and spontaneity of the medium where “happy accidents” happen for me. I often paint with Acrylic paint as well and find it a more forgiving medium. “Unhappy accidents” are fixable.”
Florida-based artist Judith Karr Eisinger was born in Budapest, Hungary. After moving to the US as a child, Eisinger went on to study Fine Arts at The Cleveland Institute of Art, and received her BFA with Honors from Kent State University. Judy’s paintings are included in private and public collections in the US, Europe and Israel.
Born in Budapest, Hungary, and escaping that communist country in 1956, Judy moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where she began painting at an early age and, at 13, took first place for the design of the City Holiday Card.
Judy studied fine art at the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Cooper School of Art, which led to a four-year scholarship to Kent State University. After graduating with honors, Judy began her painting career by showing her colorful paintings at the Shaker Heights Artist's Cooperative Gallery. Her work soon became sought after and now hangs in private collections throughout the United States, Europe and Israel.
Soon after moving to Florida, Judy was commissioned to paint 24 paintings for the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. Over the years, Judy's talent and wealth of experience has brought an open-minded adaptive process to her paintings, which have earned her a covey of regional and national awards.
Judy is the owner and creative lead at Yudit Design, a full-service advertising and graphic design firm located in Wellington, Florida (www.yudit.com).
Because of her belief that fine art is the essence of graphic design, Judy has received recognition both for her paintings and for her graphic design work which has garnered several Advertising Federation Silver Addy's.
For more about her paintings, please visit her website at judithKarrEisinger.com
ESCAPE: A Long Walk to Freedom
Judy's creative talents extend beyond painting; her powerful writing is especially evident in the book where she recounts her family’s daring escape from Soviet controlled communist Hungary. Judy also painted the cover and bookmark.
October 1956. Budapest, Hungary: Life forever changed for seven-year-old Yudit.
Her excitement of starting school for the very first time was replaced by fear as Soviet tanks rolled down her street destroying life as she knew it. One building, one window at a time. This harrowing true story follows Yudit and her family’s daring escape from Communist Hungary. With the unknown risks and challenges they were about to face, their fear to stay was greater than their fear to go.
For Yudit’s published book, ESCAPE: A Long Walk to Freedom, please click here.
