Artist Statement

After years of working as an environmental scientist, I am drawing and painting. In some ways, I experience the process of painting as similar to science: it is tactile, material, and exploratory. But mostly, it’s an effort to communicate the magic of the visible world, and if I’m lucky an interesting picture with a bit of a personal twist happens.

I work from observation. I am fascinated by the impossible contradictions of conveying space on a flat plane; of using paint for light; and trying to handle the fleeting, dynamic nature of visual perception by means of the static, unchanging object that is the end result of drawing, painting or printmaking.

I work out of Howard Street Studios in Framingham Massachusetts. https://howardstreetstudios.com

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Education

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Continuing and Professional Education program. Drawing, Anatomy, Painting, Printmaking. Instructors: Janet Monafo, Catherine Kehoe, Nancy McCarthy, Caterina Coelho, Keith Washington.

Art New England Intensive workshops at Bennington College, VT). Landscape/ Plein Air Painting (Instructors: Emily Eveleth, Christopher Chippendale, Claire Sherman, Elizabeth O’Reilly); Still Life (Stanley Bielen, David Campbell); Figure in Context (Susan Lichtman).

Cambridge Center for Adult Education. Painting in Series, Still Life. Studio School, (Jeremy Durling). Composition and the Figure (Berta Golahny).

Ph. D. Environmental Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Boston

B.S. Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Employment

2013-present. Artist, self employed.

1988-2013. Environmental Quality Department, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, (Director 1998-2013).

Group Exhibitions

Juried shows at the Cambridge Art Association, North River Art Association, Concord Art Association, Milton Art Center