About

I am a painter. I have focused on painting, printmaking and drawing holding a BFA from Tyler School of Art of Temple University and an MFA from Yale. I have moved about the U.S. from Rhode Island to Kansas City, Missouri and as far south as Louisiana.

My work has evolved to include motifs such as figuration, the still-life, landscape and non-objective works that represented my search for a personal and meaningful motif. Throughout my career, my work has encompassed fundamentally different subjects, however the focus has always been consistent regarding formal relationships of arrangement, color and composition. I address two specific questions: what sustains my gaze longer and can I work with a traditional motif that is also personal and convincing? I continue a series of depictions of the landscape and the geometry of architecture that gives me the substance, the metaphoric content and invigorates my engagement with the painting process.

Recently the influence of my students’ interests in figuration has led me to fill sketchbooks, drawing heads, geometric conundrums and sometimes cityscapes. It sometimes feels like I am looking for the motif to choose me.