SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
(Selected)
1999 The Coffey Gallery, Kingston, NY; 1993 Hampshire College
Gallery,
Amherst, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: (Selected)
2001 Mill Atelier Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; 2000 Mark Gruber
Gallery, New Paltz, NY; 1999 Ceres Gallery, New York, NY;
1995 G.W. Einstein Gallery, New York, NY; 1993 Elaine Benson
Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY; 1990 National Academy of Design,
New York, NY; 1986 Albany Institute of Art, Albany, NY
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My paintings, synthesized from sketches from life and from
my imagination, are a dialogue between the observed and the
remembered, the planned and the surprise that happens on the
canvas. Domestic interiors and landscapes are the settings
for my archetypal women, men and children. Their actions
are ordinary ones which I find to be the most meaningful because
these are experiences to which everyone can relate.
My paintings are open ended. I leave it to the viewer
to imagine what might happen next.
With my palette knife I lay the paint down thickly.
I layer one color over another, mixing warm and cool hues, gradually
building an expressive surface. Once I have composed the
image on the canvas, the physical process of painting takes
over. Often, after the work is done, I discover shapes,
connections between figures and their surroundings that I had
not consciously planned, which add meaning and mood to the image.
That sense of surprise and discovery, a window into my subconscious,
in one of the great joys of painting.
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