About Vera Stein
Biography
"Stay a while, moment—you are so beautiful!" (Goethe)
My art is inspired by beauty in its purest form—nature and people. I paint mainly from life, because only in the presence of a real moment do I feel its true power. Landscapes created en plein air in oil carry the atmosphere of light, wind, and silence. Faster studies in acrylics, gouache, or watercolor sketches capture the immediacy of travel and everyday impressions.
Equally, I am fascinated by people—the curve of a gesture, the depth of a portrait, or the fleeting energy of strangers in a café. What drives me is the desire to hold onto something fragile: a glance, a mood, an emotion that might otherwise vanish.
Each of my works is an invitation to pause. To feel a moment of calm, warmth, or recognition. To bring into your home not just a painting, but a piece of lived experience—something that connects to the timeless truth that beauty is always around us, if only we stop to notice.
As Goethe said, “Stay a while, moment—you are so beautiful!”
My art is inspired by beauty in its purest form—nature and people. I paint mainly from life, because only in the presence of a real moment do I feel its true power. Landscapes created en plein air in oil carry the atmosphere of light, wind, and silence. Faster studies in acrylics, gouache, or watercolor sketches capture the immediacy of travel and everyday impressions.
Equally, I am fascinated by people—the curve of a gesture, the depth of a portrait, or the fleeting energy of strangers in a café. What drives me is the desire to hold onto something fragile: a glance, a mood, an emotion that might otherwise vanish.
Each of my works is an invitation to pause. To feel a moment of calm, warmth, or recognition. To bring into your home not just a painting, but a piece of lived experience—something that connects to the timeless truth that beauty is always around us, if only we stop to notice.
As Goethe said, “Stay a while, moment—you are so beautiful!”
