ABOUT
Artist's Statement
My work explores the ordinary and ways it can be transformed by both light and the juxtaposition of objects and situations. I react to my environment, internalizing the objects I focus on. The work comes from a synthesis of these subjects, as they exist and as I imagine them. For years I have been taking photographic notes and collecting imagery that serve as a collective library of imagery to draw upon when creating paintings and collages. When we look at the world we see what is in front of us but we also make connections to a lifetimes' worth of visual memories. When I work I am often weaving together images from sometimes completely different sources or perhaps intertwining multiple perspectives of the same place. I am looking to personalize and de-trivialize the situation before me through this process. The synthesis may be subtle or presented as an open dialogue as in a diptych. This conversation between imagery is at the center of my work.
The imagery has become autobiographical. Objects and scenarios from different places I have lived and visited have joined in my imagination. The light always has this extraordinary way of changing the reality of what I am photographing, painting or collaging, always suggesting transformation and a sense of an extended moment in time. As an artist, I am both reporter and manipulator.
Though I operate out of an American Realist tradition I also draw upon aesthetic inventions from Surrealism and Pop Art--all artists who represent the ordinary in extraordinary ways. Figuration, the object, and the perception of the world can be presented in infinite ways. I continue to interpret and represent my world view in an ever-evolving process.
Education
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence R.I.
New York University, New York, NY; B.S. cum laude in fine arts
Hunter College, New York, NY; M.A. Painting
Pace University, Pleasantville, NY; Advanced Certificate in Art Education
ADDITIONAL
Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts, New York, NY; summer workshop
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY; Portfolio Development Program
New York University Artist Apprentice Program; H.N. Han artist mentor
New York University Graduate Extension Program; Don Eddy artist mentor
Aspects and Ambiguities of Contemporary Realism, Thesis (M.A.)--City University of New York Hunter College. Interview with Chuck Close annotated in appendix.
Selected Exhibitions
SOLO SHOWS
Historic 1928 Anna Bisland House, Bronxville NY, Transformative Light, Real & Imagined
Somers Art Gallery, Somers NY
Martin Stankiewicz Gallery, Tarrytown NY
Hennesey House, Tarrytown NY
Fitzgerald Gallery, Tarrytown NY
Scarborough Gallery, Chappaqua NY
Scarborough Gallery, Chappaqua NY
Fitzgerald Gallery, Tarrytown NY
Inroads Gallery, New York NY
Inroads Gallery, New York NY
GROUP SHOWS
BAU Gallery, Beacon NY, Time, Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Juror Elizabeth Heskin
Azarian McCullough Art Gallery, Sparkill, NY
Art Show Bedford , Bedford NY (invitational)
Volition Gallery, BELLans Center for the Creative Arts, Orangeburg NY
Riverarts Studio Tour, Brieff Studios, Tarrytown NY
Union Art Center, Sparkhill NY
Edward Hopper Museum & Art Center, Nyack, NY, Small Matters of Great Importance, Annual Juried Small Works Show. Juror: Michelle Donnelly, Curatorial Fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Ceres Gallery, 12th Annual Juried Exhibition, New York, NY. Juror Carmen del Valle Hermo, Assistant Curator for Collections at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY
Edward Hopper Museum & Art Center, Nyack, NY
Red Wing Gallery, Tarrytown NY
Pelham Art Center, Pelham NY
Inroads Gallery, New York NY
Inroads Gallery, New York NY
Organization of Independent Artists, New York NY
Washington Square East Gallery, New York NY
Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, Brooklyn NY
Hunter College Gallery, New York NY
ADDITIONAL
ARTIST REGISTRIES
http://www.thepaintingcenter.org/art-file
https://www.hudsonvalleymoca.org/
https://artswestchester.org/artists/directory/visual/
http://www.edwardhopperhouse.org/artist-member-gallery
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1992-PRESENT
Art Workshops, Extension Programs & Art Education for children and adults.
Pelham Art Center
Intervillage Art Workshop; Portchester, Hastings, Irvington, Dobbs Ferry, Scarsdale
Westchester Public Library Systems
Public Schools, tenured: 1999-present
Curriculum Design, Project Development, Interdisciplinary Curricula, Grant Writing, Differentiation for Special Needs
