Aline A. Geist (1925-2019) was raised in San Antonio, Texas, enthusiastic for art, music, acting, dance, and writing. As a child and adult, she exuded boundless creativity. She would later meet her future husband, an Air Force Lt. sent to San Antonio for navigation training in preparation for flying missions during WWII. Mike survived harrowing experiences. After he returned to NY, they reconnected. He began his career as a fashion designer in NYC. They married, grew a family, moved a few times until settling in a Long Island split-level home that could house a family of five, and have room for music and art. Finally, Aline set up her easel and began to paint. Her style evolved, painting her subjects more abstractly. During her last painting phase, she used the palette knife more often, adding thickness and dimension to the canvas. She was prolific, accomplished, and admired. By the late 1960’s, Aline took on sculpture. She studied with Alfred Van Loen at C.W. Post, then attended his home workshop in Huntington, NY. Aline excelled at carving stone, wood, and acrylics. She could transform solid blocks and rocks into bending, turning, twisting forms. She threw herself, her emotions, and her dance sensibility into her work. She won several top awards in competitions, was invited into the prestigious Silvermine Guild of Artists in 1980, was a member of other long standing Sculpture Guilds, and her acrylic sculptures were recognized by the NY Institute of Technology as transcending the 3rd dimension in sculpture and design, for being “see-through.” Besides all the accolades she received, Aline was beloved by her students.
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