"I think of a painting as a stage, with elements playing light and dark characters that may call for special color in the moment. Sometimes trees glow red, or dance. Buildings may brood in the mist."
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Artist's Statement
My sudden immersion in art at age 40 came as a complete surprise to me. Although art had always interested me as a hobby, I had built my career in business. My life and passion changed dramatically on vacation in Istanbul, in 1995, when I happened upon an artisan's studio. I remained there enthralled for hours, watching doll-makers, potters and craftspeople at work. I left Turkey the next day with an inexplicable burning to create visual art.
Immediately upon returning home to New York, I immersed myself in oil painting, craving the flow of texture and color. I initially studied privately for several years with a realist painter who taught in the tradition of the old masters and contemporary realism. In finding my own artistic voice, I related most to the style of the early California Impressionists. In 2005, I began painting in a flatter style of distinct shapes.
I begin every painting by determining the feeling of color I want to convey. I work primarily in oil, creating landscapes, genre and still-life.
Originally from Chicago, I live and work in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.
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Art Bio
Memberships
- Salmagundi Club - Resident Artist Member
- Oil Painters of America
- Allied Artists of America
- Audobon Artists
- Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club
Juried Exhibitions
- Friends of the Canal Exhibition - New Hope, PA - June 2006
- Gold Coast/River North Art Show - Chicago, IL - Aug 2005
- Salmagundi Club, New York, NY - Members Exhibit - July 2005
- Virtual Art Fest - www.virtualartfest.com - May-Sept 2004
- Salmagundi Club, New York, NY - Miniatures Exhibition - Dec 2003
- Salmagundi Club, New York, NY - Salmagundi Women Artists - Mar 2003
- Salmagundi Club, New York, NY - Various 2000, 2001, 2002
- Pen & Brush Club, New York, NY - 2002
- Casper Artists Guild, Casper, WY - Art Wyo 2002
Juried Shows
- Art Expo NYC - New York, NY - 2/07
- Glencoe Art Fair - Glencoe, IL - 7/06
- Gallery 64 - Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY - 12/05-1/06
- One of a Kind Show, Chicago, IL - 12/04
- Gracie Square Outdoor Art Show - New York, NY - 9/04
- Washington Square Outdoor Art Show, New York, NY - 5 & 12/04
- Cabrini Medical Center Fundraising Art Auction - New York - 10/03
- Riverview Gallery One-Woman Show - Portsmouth, VA - 8/03
- Women in the Arts: Coloring Outside the Lines - Portsmouth, VA - 4/03
- SoHo Creative - Show for National Women's Month - New York - 3/03
- NYCArtwork Invitational - New York - 12/02
- Tannenbaum Suite, Rockefeller Center, New York - One-Woman Show -12/02-2/03
- Scrips Elixirs "Fruits." New York - One-Woman Show - 1-3/03
Study
Studied at:
- New York Academy of Art
- Art Students League
- Woodstock School of Art
- New York Studio School
Study / Workshops with:
- John Burton
- Kang Cho
- Ken Auster
- Margaret Evans
- Robert Genn
- David Hollander
- Tom Lynch
- Jeanne Mackenzie
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- Joseph Peller
- Camille Przewodek
- Stephen Quiller
- Richard Pionk
- Dan Thompson
- Arne Westerman
- Lois Wooley
- Hongnian Zhang
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Representation
- Howard Gallery, New Hope, PA
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