I am a
self-taught artist, although I am continually expanding my knowledge and
abilities through private study.
I started my art
career doing pastel portraits from photographs and then started developing a
unique style in my landscape work. I continually strive for more realistic
imagery while trying to maintain a "painterly" approach in my
work.
I have been
painting professionally for about twenty-five years. My current style has
evolved into an impressionistic approach. My work has been described as
"impressionistic realism" and although I like that term, I feel a
more apt description would be "imagined realism". I apply small bits
of color over a solid tone under painting and allow them to optically mix
creating the final image. I try to keep my palette very simple and work with at
least three values of each color used.
My most recent work has been an exploration of
the still life genre. I feel that still life paintings do not have to be
boring, repetitive works of flowers, vases, and such items. I take
nontraditional items such as children's toys, blocks, bricks, almost anything I
can find and use them as subject matter. I feel that I inject a lot of my
personality and sense of humor into these pieces, which are new and exciting
for me.
In September of 2003, I was elected to Signature
Membership with the Pastel Society of America and, in November of 2005 I was
invited to become a member of the Guild of Adirondack Artists.
My work has been included in nine national pastel
exhibitions and I have recently been awarded the Outstanding Still Life Award
at the Fourth Annual Northeast National Pastel Exhibition and The Pastel
Journal Award at the Fifth Annual National Pastel Exhibition in
Old Forge, NY.
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