ARTIST STATEMENT
Devoid of preconceived ideas and direction, my work takes on a stream-of-consciousness approach, where the “act of doing” or process is equally important to the finished piece. Rendered in ambiguity yet painted with clear definitiveness, organic shapes, rhythmic lines, and graphic marks develop as I work upon a painting, leaving each piece open to the viewers’ own interpretation.
In each case, the process helps me discover how my mind hears and sees a reality. I find beauty in the repetitions of painterly gesture, that become scribbles, a cursive I decode. I grapple with this sense of visual language and the history from which it came. I feel the sensation of colors that scream and subjects of thoughts seeking to survive. The work is about doing. The subjects develop as I work. I find comfort in solving the mystery. The work quietly talks and messages are found. Through the radiation of color, their organic shapes emit energy that motivates me to never stop.
In each case, the process helps me discover how my mind hears and sees a reality. I find beauty in the repetitions of painterly gesture, that become scribbles, a cursive I decode. I grapple with this sense of visual language and the history from which it came. I feel the sensation of colors that scream and subjects of thoughts seeking to survive. The work is about doing. The subjects develop as I work. I find comfort in solving the mystery. The work quietly talks and messages are found. Through the radiation of color, their organic shapes emit energy that motivates me to never stop.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EXHIBITIONS
POLK STATE COLLEGE, LAKELAND, FL
ART LOVE GALLERY, PROVINCETOWN, MA
POLK STATE COLLEGE, WINTER HAVEN, FL
POLK MUSEUM OF ART,LAKELAND,FL
BROAD STREET GALERY, HAMILTON, NY
EQUALITY FLORIDA OF TAMPA INVITATIONAL, FL
SCULPTURE SPACE, UTICA, NY
KIRKLAND ART GALLERY, CLINTON, NY
UNITAIRIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION LEXOW GALLERY, FL
EQUALITY FLORIDA OF ST. PETERSBURG INVITATIONAL, FL
PRINT INTERNATIONAL TRAVELING EXHIBITION, LA
TESTE DE BUCH, BORDEAUX, FRANCE; CAPE MAY, NJ
THE OTHER SIDE GALLERY, NY
HAMITON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, NY
4 ELEMENTS STUDIO GALLERY, NY
B&D GALLERY, LAKE WALES, FL
ELIZABETH & MAIN GALLERY OF ART, GORHAM, ME
ROBERTA WOOD GALLERY, CHAPEL HILL, NC
THE CANAL GALLERY, HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS
FIVE POINTS GALLERY, EAST CHATHAM, NY
PHILADELPHIA ART INSTITUTE, PA
MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL OF THE ARTS GRANT WINNERS EXHIBIT,
BOOKMAKING, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
SHELBURNE FARMS, SHELBURNE, VERMONT
MILLBROOK GALLERY, MILLBROOK, NY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT PURCHASE, NY
MUNSON WILLIAMS PROCTOR ART INSTITUTE, UTICA, NY
HERKIMER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, HERKIMER, NY
ART LOVE GALLERY, PROVINCETOWN, MA
POLK STATE COLLEGE, WINTER HAVEN, FL
POLK MUSEUM OF ART,LAKELAND,FL
BROAD STREET GALERY, HAMILTON, NY
EQUALITY FLORIDA OF TAMPA INVITATIONAL, FL
SCULPTURE SPACE, UTICA, NY
KIRKLAND ART GALLERY, CLINTON, NY
UNITAIRIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION LEXOW GALLERY, FL
EQUALITY FLORIDA OF ST. PETERSBURG INVITATIONAL, FL
PRINT INTERNATIONAL TRAVELING EXHIBITION, LA
TESTE DE BUCH, BORDEAUX, FRANCE; CAPE MAY, NJ
THE OTHER SIDE GALLERY, NY
HAMITON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, NY
4 ELEMENTS STUDIO GALLERY, NY
B&D GALLERY, LAKE WALES, FL
ELIZABETH & MAIN GALLERY OF ART, GORHAM, ME
ROBERTA WOOD GALLERY, CHAPEL HILL, NC
THE CANAL GALLERY, HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS
FIVE POINTS GALLERY, EAST CHATHAM, NY
PHILADELPHIA ART INSTITUTE, PA
MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL OF THE ARTS GRANT WINNERS EXHIBIT,
BOOKMAKING, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
SHELBURNE FARMS, SHELBURNE, VERMONT
MILLBROOK GALLERY, MILLBROOK, NY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT PURCHASE, NY
MUNSON WILLIAMS PROCTOR ART INSTITUTE, UTICA, NY
HERKIMER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, HERKIMER, NY
PUBLICATIONS
MONOPRINTING, UNITED KINGDOM
IN PROGRESS MAGAZINE, SLICE, ORLANDO
ART BEAT, THE GALLERY AT TECH GARDEN, SYRACUSE
OBSERVER, JONAS KOVER, UTICA
IN PROGRESS MAGAZINE, SLICE, ORLANDO
ART BEAT, THE GALLERY AT TECH GARDEN, SYRACUSE
OBSERVER, JONAS KOVER, UTICA