| I've been a resident of Billerica, Massachusetts for the past 21 years. My artistic craft was honed and developed while living in New York City and abroad in Europe. Although I worked for 25 years as a director of research at WR.Grace and ITW as a research chemist, my true passion has always been art, as my friends will readily agree.
Most of my paintings are figurative portraits made in a spontaneous, expressionist manner. I use mixed media on canvas, wood, paper and other surfaces. Some of my figures might suggest a relationship, story or other significant moment in time. My paintings are used as a vehicle to share my personal view of the world.
"I learned art from art." This education has given me a freedom of expression as well as a rich archive of techniques and styles upon which to build my art.
My references come from many sources - Matisse, Chagal, Klee, Picasso, African masks, Islamic architects, and Egyptian artifacts. "The canvas leads me more than I lead it," For the past few years, I've been experimenting with digital print images. This new art genre is in its infancy. Typically, I begin with an original drawing or painting. Once the picture has been scanned or photographed with a digital camera and the image is in the computer, I set about creating something new. The computer images are manipulated and color enhanced, backgrounds are changed or added, and the resulting digital painting is a new work of art unique to the 21st century as surely as impressionism was unique to the 19th century. In the manipulation of the images I "discover more depth and reality." I enjoy blending elements of the ancient and avant garde to create images that resonate both with tradition and innovation. |
