Artistic Process
My approach to painting is unplanned; I follow my instincts when it comes to color and composition. I paint whenever I can, referring back to sketches that I create almost daily. Most of the time I work with acrylic on wood sometimes incorporating collage or mixed media – occasionally I’ll paint a three dimensional object.

On October 10 & 11, 2009, visitors to the Elmira Open Studio Tour will easily find their way to my first floor studio after viewing my most recent work, hung gallery style in my entrance-way and living room. They will have the opportunity to watch me work on a painting, view my materials and ‘check out’ my inspiration, which is dripping from every nook of my studio.

Artist Statement
More recently I have a renewed interest in painting. I have been presenting distorted figures in random representations of the human condition. I hope that viewers might sense an unspoken but understood commonality and ambivalence. I am working to understand the metaphors I attach to the basic daily events of a simple life through color and placement of figures.

Some sketches

Inspired by Spring

She Found a Flat Spoon, 4'x1.5', Acrylic on Wooden Door, 2009, $250

She Found a Flat Spoon, Detail

Unfinished. I bought a carload of cabinet doors at a yard sale about five years ago. I painted most of the smaller doors but - all of the large are awaiting paint. Here is my attempt from yesterday.