By trade and training I am a historian.

By inclination and intention I am an artist.

On some clear days I can see the connection.  In both endeavors I search for pattern and meaning in chaos.  I rely on a strong line and vivid color to bring the work to life.  And I aim to make something engaging, coherent, and satisfying.

Born during the reign of Abstract Expressionism, educated at MOMA and the Met, inspired by Joan Mitchell and Hans Memling, I am still balancing a desire for order and detail with a passion for big messy splashes of delicious color.  My real work is to figure out how to achieve both.

Since my recent liberation from a job and care giving, I have been freeing my expression as well.  Landscapes and botanicals have yielded to larger gestures and stronger colors.  Recently I have been playing with calligraphy, exploding and rearranging words, investigating the essence of each stroke of a letter, and wondering about the possibilities of black and white.

When I first took up drawing and painting, I was told by several teachers that my work was painterly.  Although in the class context I understood that this was not necessarily a good thing, it is, ultimately, what I want to be.  

Painterly.

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Into Great Silence, Ink, 4 x 6"

Dear John, Ink, 10 x 13

Autumn Grid, Watercolor, 4.5 x 9"

Palabra, Water soluble oil on canvas, 12 x 18"