“I have always enjoyed viewing artwork, whether in a museum or a gallery, a show or simply through the aisles or a dusty antique store.
When a particular piece moves me, I consider the artist as a person, their connection with the subject matter, their mastery of technique and execution.
How much time did it take to create and build that particular piece? Was the piece created in a studio, a backroom, an art class, outdoors or simply in their kitchen because it may have had the best light? What was their medium of choice?
There is so much more that an artist can invest into a painting besides their time.
There’s vulnerability and humility. Motivation. Hope. Joy. Escape. Passion and Frustration. It’s ultimately, a documented moment in a person’s life. A moment of concentration, contemplation and intimacy between the artist and subject matter.
Lately, I have found much delight in mixed media. It provides plentiful textures that assist in translating moments, expressions and impressions onto a canvas or board, whether combining oils, other paints, papers or photographs that I shoot.
In the end, if I
can capture a viewer’s interest long enough in today’s fast paced environment of ours and have them simply pause and ponder over one of my works then that piece is successful.”
The following works have all been selected in National Juried Shows for the last eleven consecutive years.
Seeing
“Go wash in the pool of Siloam.” 81st Audubon Artists Exhibition, Online
Moonglade
Online Allied Artists of America 109th Annual National Juried Exhibition
Bearing
Simon of Cyrene Carrying Jesus’s Cross 81st Audubon Artists Exhibition, Online
Fascination with Dolls
Audubon Artists Exhibition, Salmagundi Gallery, NYC
Last Performance
Audubon Artists Exhibition Online
Blue Pierrette
Audubon Artists Exhibition Online
Old San Juan Hilltop
Allied Artists of America Online Exhibition
Reflections
Salmagundi Club Premier Spring Open Photography Exhibition NYC
Retro Color Fields
Allied Artists of America Online Exhibition
Into the Other World
Audubon Artists Exhibition Salmagundi Gallery NYC
Seafoam Green Descent
SCNY Open Printmaking Exhibition Salmagundi Gallery, NYC
Cactus Walk
Online 75th Anniversary Annual Audubon Artists Exhibition
The John Antonucci Memorial Award in Collage & Mixed Media
Out of the Blue
Audubon Show, Salmagundi Gallery, NYC
A City Moment
Audubon Artist Exhibition Salmagundi Gallery, NYC
Pumpkin Pickin’
PEN & INKS
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