I spent my childhood on a farm in Vermont, a mile from the nearest town. Since then I have lived in New York City.
My favorite mediums are painting in oil and pencil or ink drawings.
I am interested in nature on a grand scale--mountains, rivers, oceans, and the heavens, and their profound effect on human beings. I want to show in my work some of this grand context of our lives, which can be a source of strength, and a rudder for us all. Some of my paintings are developed from drawings I have made on site. Others take off from pictures I have seen in the newspaper(e.g., Celestial Time Exposure, one of the paintings reproduced here). Some come mainly from my imagination. Even the most abstract paintings are related to the physical nature of our world.
I love to draw the human figure. Good communication between model and artist is like that between actor and audience--each intensifies the life in the other. People's bodies express vividly their mood and personality, and to put that down on paper is tremendously satisfying to me. These drawings are of quick poses: one, five, or ten minutes. When they are going well there is a zen-like concentration, a oneness between the pencil and the model. There is no time to think or edit; what makes the drawing work is that communication..
Empire State College, State University of New York, B.S
Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, M.A.
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