Background

• Born February 1950 in North Syracuse, New York

• Served US Air Force 1969 – 1973

• Taught high school fine arts 27 years in Rochester City School District

• Masters in Science for Teachers (MST) – RIT 1983

• Bachelors in Art Education SUC Buffalo 1977

• Associates Degree in Advertising & Design – Onondaga Community College 1975

 

Artist’s Statement

My subject matter is found in nature and the rural landscape. I’m an avid canoeist and camper and relish my time spent in the remaining wilderness. I always travel with my camera never knowing when a scene may appear and lend itself for a painting.

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The scenes depicted are rarely exact reproductions of a particular place. Photos are followed loosely and serve mainly as a starting point and the painting moves in a direction of its own. All my work is hand-crafted in wood framing in a style known as 'floating lattice.'

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My style is impressionistic and primitive with elements of abstraction. I use acrylic and paint mainly with pallet knife. I like quiet places so my subjects most often are found on the country back roads. Our once agrarian way of life is rapidly vanishing. Landscapes of plowed fields and pastures dotted with wooden barns are a peaceful by-gone part of America that is becoming more memory than reality. It is my intent to preserve the old barns on canvas before they succumb to the elements and grace the back roads no more.

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I am inspired by such artists as Eric Sloane, Kevin Macpherson and Ramona Youngquist.

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CURRENT & PAST EXHIBITIONS

Main St. Arts, Clifton Springs, NY 'Living Land Exhibit' 2022

The Little Theatre Solo Show – Rochester, NY           (September through October)     2014    Arnot Art Museum “74th Regional Exhibition” – West Wing Galleries, Elmira, NY   2014          

Schweinfurth “Fertile Imagination: Art & Agriculture” Art Show –      2013                                  Schweinfurth Gallery, Auburn, NY                                                            

Rochester NY 64th Finger Lakes Exhibition – Memorial Art Gallery     2013                                Genesee Valley Council on the Arts, Members Exhibit Lederer Gallery, SUNY Geneseo 2009              

Former Representation

Artisan’s Loft   4135 Mill Street, Pultneyville, NY  14538  

 

Current Member of Mill Art Gallery, 61 No. Main St., Honeoye Falls 14472   585-624-7740

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Represented by The Village Gallery, 3119 Main St., Caledonia, NY 14423  585-294-3009