* New Haven Lawn Club Art Gallery Qualifications – Acceptance | October 2019
* Madison Art Society 44th Annual Jury Show | July 29, 2019
* Madison Art Society 43rd Annual Jury Show | April 28, 2018
* Maple & Main Gallery, Chester, CT | March 2018
* Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT | March 2018
* Friends & Company restaurant, Madison, CT | March 2018
* Madison Town Hall Campus, Madison, CT | March 2018
* Hamden Art Show – Paier College of Art Prize | November 2017
* Madison Board of Directors Show | October 2017
* Madison Art Show | July 2017
* Connecticut Watercolor Society Show | June 2017
* Hamden Art League – Honorable Mention | March 2017
* Madison Art Society Show – First Prize | Feb 2014
* Milford Art Council’s Plein Air Project – Mayor’s Choice | July 2014
* Easton Arts Council’s Regional Open Juried Art Exhibition – Merit Award | June 2013
* Madison Art Show – Honorable Mention | 2013
* Connecticut Watercolor Society Show | 2012
* New Haven Paint & Clay Club Juried Art Exhibition – Honorable Mention | 2011
I have chosen to express my artwork in many mediums with my favorite subject being the human figure. It is a special pleasure to capture the mystery and dignity of humans in a pose. In the recent past I have been sketching figures from life in charcoal, chalk and pastels.
After studying with the late Irwin Greenberg at The Art Student’s League in New York City I began painting the human figure in a watercolor technique that mixes white gauche and transparent watercolor applied on four ply plate Bristol paper. This technique allows for more freedom in the use of the medium. After paint is applied to the paper, clear water on the brush can lift even dried paint from the paper to pick up highlights and give a beautiful lifelike result.
Oil paint is still my favorite choice of medium to create atmosphere and drama and achieve a likeness of the human subject. Many important artists from the past have influenced my work including Rembrandt van Ryn, Peter Paul Rubens, Thomas Eakins and John Singer Sargent to name a few. Famous works of art are an inspiration to carry my focus back to the proper use of technique and drama in painting and drawing. These artists also seemed to prefer oil.
I have had the honor of painting alongside many skilled artists and it is amazing how, while we work in our own unique style, the collaboration excites my growth as an artist. We even try to take some risk from time to time and explore different drawing surfaces including brown paper and cardboard.
I have spent many summers doing plein aire landscapes with other artists on the Connecticut shoreline and in Fairfield County. This led to my interest in painting with acrylic paint which quickly dries to keep up with changing outdoor light.
It is a privilege to look from a distance and process through the brain what you are seeing. That seeing establishes ones place in the society of all who draw and appreciate this miracle of creation. I am encouraged to pursue the arts in every form and in the near future I plan to begin work in abstract art and sculpture.