E.J. Gold was born in New York and lived at the Zena Mill in Woodstock from 1948 to 1956. His music teachers were Pete Seeger, Bob & Louise Decormier and Alan Lomax. He attended Camp Woodland near Cooperstown for several years. As a child he attended Downtown Community School, which was set up by members of the Woodstock Arts Colony. He studied with the Art Student League and Junior League in Woodstock. His teachers included WPA artists Ben Shahn, Isamu Noguchi. He's a qualified, listed Woodstock Impressionist artist. Some of his students include Zoe Alowan, S.L. Boyd, R.C. Trice, Denise Wey, Aviko, Lin Larsen, Della Heywood, David "Bashoo" Christie, Menlo Macfarlane, Wayne Hoyle, Matthias Schossig, Claude Needham, Douglass-Truth, Lily Nova, Maureen Nelly, Richard Hart, Patricia Elizabeth, Keith Whitten, Lee Perry, Dilcia Mendezibal, Scott Wellman, and others.
Bear Mountain
Beasley House
Brown Barn
Bud's House
Fall's Flood
Nana's Cottage Zena Mill
Halsband Farm
Road to Woodstock
Rudolph Gallery
Saugerties Highway
Zena Mill
Zena Mill Falls
Zena Road Bridge
Zena Road
Zena Road Tree