My “Sally Field” Moment!
Just wanted to let all those of you who recently “liked” and even “re-blogged” my work know how amazed and flattered I am at all the attention! Although I have not “liked” you back, please know that I have gone to each of your websites and looked at your artwork, read about who you are [...]
New Painting
Here’s a “sneak” preview of some of the new work I am readying for my show @ the Brewster Ladies in July. Thematically, all of this work is about solace and/or solitude, incorporating my contemplative and atmospheric ideas into somewhat abstracted or entirely non-representational images. More to come…
Painting @ Falmouth Art Center
As part of the traveling Cape Cod & Islands Art Educators Association ongoing effort to exhibit as artists who also educate, I have a painting in the show Creativity Flows II @ the Falmouth Arts Center in Falmouth, MA thru March 25th.
Reflections on the NAEA Conference
Aside from the chance to be back in NYC, the clear highlight for me was listening to Chuck Close reminisce about his early years @ Yale and his thoughts about pursuing a career as an artist. Could have listened for hours!! Sara James speaking about the innovative curriculum @ the Port Phillip School in Melbourne [...]
“Best Practice” Lecture @ NAEA in NYC
I’m excited to be presenting a “Best Practice” lecture Thursday morning, March 1st @ the NAEA Convention in NYC! This will be my fourth time presenting over the course of the last six conventions and I will be speaking about a subject dear to my heart. Namely, that being a working artist is an essential [...]
Paintings in Group Show @ Cultural Center
I will have two paintings exhibiting at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth from January 24 – February 12 in a group show entitled “Creativity Flows”. This is part of an ongoing traveling exhibit by art educators cape-wide and is funded in part by a grant from the Arts Foundation of [...]
“Perhaps a piece of Mahler’s?”
How could I leave out “my boy” Mahler? When I’m making art in my studio I often rely on the genius of Mahler along with Richard Strauss to inspire… For me, these two capture the idealistic beauty of the Romantic without denying the dissonant truth underneath. They epitomize the whole of the 20th century and in their [...]
Revised Artist Statement and New Galleries
As I work towards my next solo show in July 2012 at the Brewster Ladies Library I have decided to mix things up and include the whole range of my work on this site. There are now two galleries to view, the first featuring contemporary and abstract work in oil, assemblage and monotype print and [...]
Work @ Centerville Historical Museum
I have a small painting of the dunes on display @ The Centerville Historical Museum now thru November 26th as part of an ongoing exhibit of work by Cape Cod & islands Art Educators. Upcoming shows include the Cultural Center in South Yarmouth and Highfield Hall in Falmouth.
“Autumn Morning” visits Cape Cod Cooperative Bank in Hyannis
“Autumn Morning” is on loan to the Cape Cod Cooperative Bank in Hyannis as part of an initiative featuring emerging artists sponsored by the Cape Cod Young Professionals. It will be on display in CCYP Executive Director Anne Van Vleck’s office for the next two months. Stop by and say “hi”! [...]
