Without art what is life?  I am an expressionistic emotional painter with a focus on abstractionism.  My use of layers of paint, color, texture, lines and marks leave the viewer with a history of what lies beneath the painting’s surface.

I enjoy interpreting all subject matter and will work on many genres at once.  My images are both evocative and restrained and lean toward an abstract composition of color and form.  I am an oil painter but experiment with all mediums.  I use layers of paint to build up to my final work with bush strokes and marks.

Art is my personal, emotional expression of the world around me which I  try to bring to the viewer in hopes that it will resonate in some way with them.  My inspiration is the color and textures of the natural world and I am inspired by artists both past and present.  

Art Education

1980-1982                 Iona College, New Rochelle, NY

                                oElective Courses in Fine Art and Photography

1990-2000                 Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA

                                oStudied Painting under Eo Omwake, Mark T. Cole and

                                    Wendy Schierer

20001-2009               Yellow Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA

                                oStudied Drawing and Painting under Janet Hammond,

                                    Alice Meyer-Wallace and Robert Terry

2009-Present    Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

                                oStudied Painting under Georganna Lenssen and Kassem Amoudi

Galleries

Cerulean Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Gallery 222, Malvern, PA

Memberships

Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA

Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

The Plastic Club of Philadelphia

Wayne Art Center

Awards

Wayne Art Center - Student Award

Chester County Art Association - Honorable Mention and First Place

Beauty Gallery - Honorable Mention

The Plastic Club - 2nd Place

The Sketch Club - 3rd Place