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These are a joy to create. They are large, whimsical and generous. I found that with practice a large amount of control is possible while dripping and throwing paint. While highly decorative they also have an unexpected depth of emotion. Order emerges from chaos.
I learned etching at PAFA and years later actually went back to the Academy to relearn how to do it. I bought a press and started making prints in my studio.
These works are made with 100% rag paper and top-quality paints and pastels.
Most are framed.
I learned metal sculpture at PAFA. I fell in love with it immediately and devoted the following years to welding and grinding. I created these “cement paintings” toward the end of this period.
I spent my last semester of college in Italy. With unbelievably beautiful landscapes and a rich history, I could stay there forever. I was fortunate enough to be able to return recently and visited the Dolomites, which led to a series of paintings that forms my current work. They will be up shortly!
I have traveled to Maine at least annually for most of my life, even more so after all four of my siblings and my parents moved there over twenty years ago. I have always enjoyed the quality of the light in Maine-pure white without the haziness found in Pennsylvania. From the mountains to the coast, Maine has always been a source of inspiration for me.
In my landscape paintings, I employ an impressionist sensibility to capture the effect of light, which to me represents life force. When working outdoors, I experience a melding into my environment. I work to manifest a deep connection to Nature, essentially “one-ness” with the world, representing the human relationship to Nature both physical and emotional.