Artist Statement:
My work is essentially improvisational, influenced by my surroundings and filtered through art history. I’m interested in developing a personal language of impulse, memory and observation. I investigate visual perception and the complexity of pictorial space using color and layers and texture to create illusion and even confusion. The empty holes in the constructions, and how the shapes effect the white wall surrounding them are as important as the paint. The images are complex in construction and surface, the colors bright and saturated. With so many things going on at once, I want the viewer to have a feeling they are watching the paintings rather than looking at them.
In all of art history the human figure has always been the most compelling subject, weaving in and out of other subject matter including abstraction. When I lived in NYC I painted figures in interiors. When I stayed on the Delaware River I painted figures in water. In my studio on a hill in rural Sullivan County,
the figures moved to inhabit abstract landscapes which then evolved into fanciful visions of mountains and streams. In the current paintings the figures and mountains have in a way merged. The constructed shapes are derived from landscape elements, specifically unusually shaped rocks, and driftwood. They refer to the figure with gesture and scale and a suggestion of movement. In these paintings the landscape is striking a figural pose.
Opening reception: Saturday, September 20th, 2025, 4-6pm.
