Artist Statement

A Brave New World

In painting most artists investigate a theme. Theirs is a linear progression founded on variations. Form and content for these artists take on a set within a determined field. Cezanne chose a subject matter and treated them with his way of seeing. His still lifes, figures, and landscapes grew to become multiplications or what has recently been called a “signature style”. Cezanne worked on the structures of certain things and gave us a way to approach a subject.

On the other hand I approach a subject with a different mind set each time. My paintings differ from each other and are less linear in terms of following a logical progression. By “changing my mind” from day to day I refrain from being repetitive. My work tends to be clustered in twos and threes, and I try to vary my creativity vertically. The works of Paul Klee and Joseph Cornell are an example of that diversity in other artists.

The under lying thread throughout my work is myself. I try to create things which are new. Abstraction leads us from our every day lives and into a separate reality. The Modernists opened up a universe. Automatism or the “unpurposeful” act, are a wellspring for material. I am like a naturalist in this parallel world. My pieces are a record of my explorations. My process is driven by my curiosity.

 

Biography

My grandfather and father were architects, two of my aunts graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago, I come from a creative family. I studied with Ka Kwong Hui, Leon Golub, Joan Semmel, and John Goodyear while at Rutgers. I have been a professional artist for over twenty five years.

 

EDUCATION

1970-74    The Cate School, Carpenteria, CA

1975-76    Hampshire College, Hadley, MA

1982,84    BFA,MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1989-90      Adjunct Professor, Nantucket Island School of Design and Art, Nantucket, MA

1990-91      Adjunct Professor, Raritan Valley Community College, North Branch, NJ

2003-05     Adjunct Professor, Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ

2003-04    Instructor of Art, Teen Arts, Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009            The Gallery At Sixth and Sixth, Tucson, AZ
2000            Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2001            Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005       Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ

2003       Walter Wickiser Gallery, NY, NY

2002       Gary Snyder Fine Art, NY, NY

 

COLLECTIONS

Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick NJ
Newark Public Library, Newark , NJ
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
The State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
J&J Corporation, New Brunswick, NJ
Various Private Collections

 

AWARDS

2002         Printmaking Fellow, Brodsky Center, New Brunswick, NJ
1994          Pollock/Krasner Paint

 

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