It is essential for me to work directly from life. For the past fifteen years the subject has been the interior of my studio and a collection of bottles
and jars filled with beautiful liquids. One might expect this narrow subject matter to be limiting. On the contrary, the exercise allows me to
uncover a seemingly boundless reserve of compositions, colors, and surfaces. The history of each image is often visible in the traces of grid
lines or the ghosts of objects I reposition. The viewer has a sense of observing the painting's progression in this way, as if working through the
compositional puzzle along with me. Process is paramount, and my paintings and drawings are more investigations or studies of an object than
polished final products.
and jars filled with beautiful liquids. One might expect this narrow subject matter to be limiting. On the contrary, the exercise allows me to
uncover a seemingly boundless reserve of compositions, colors, and surfaces. The history of each image is often visible in the traces of grid
lines or the ghosts of objects I reposition. The viewer has a sense of observing the painting's progression in this way, as if working through the
compositional puzzle along with me. Process is paramount, and my paintings and drawings are more investigations or studies of an object than
polished final products.
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
British Museum, London, UK
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Staatliche Museum, Berlin, Germany
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, NY
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA
Davison Art Center, Middletown, CT
Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
New York Historical Society, New York, NY
Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
University of Alberta Art and Artifact Collection, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
Syracuse University Art Collection, Syracuse, NY
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Pfizer Inc
Capital One Services
BankAmerica
Fidelity Investments
Mass General Hospital
Wellington Management
Meditech
Gibson Dunn
Parasol Press
Clorox Corporation
Harris Bank
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2014 Composing Paintings, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
In the Studio, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Dwellings, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
In the Studio, Davis & Cline, Ashland OR
New Watercolors and Drawings, Garvey/Simon Art Access, NY, NY
2012 The Architect Within, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
Compositions, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
In the Studio, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
2010 Color Prints, Abbott & Holder, London, UK
Reflections, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2009 Reflections, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY
2008 Objects Considered, Midday Gallery, Englewood, NJ
2007 Recent Work, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Kasten Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA
2006 Studio Paintings, Reeves Contemporary, New York, NY
2004 Paintings & Works on Paper, Adler & Co., San Francisco, CA
Paintings & Works on Paper, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Working from Life, duPont Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
Paintings & Drawings, Concordia Gallery, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY
2003 Etchings and Monotypes, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Wrapped Objects, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
2001 Paintings and Pastels, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
GROUP MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:
2013 Face to Face, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2010 On the Wall/Off the Wall: Modern American Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Old & New: Recent Acquisitions and Works from the Collection, Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
2007 Collectors Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2006 Hot Pics/06 Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2005 Single Impressions: Monotypes & Monoprints, Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 20046th American Print
Biennial, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
Collection Tango: A Selection of Contemporary Art, Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
2002 Roy Lichtenstein and Beyond: Recent Acquisition of Modern Prints, Corcoran Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC
EDUCATION
1975 Masters of Fine Arts, Queens College
1973 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Boston University
British Museum, London, UK
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Staatliche Museum, Berlin, Germany
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, NY
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA
Davison Art Center, Middletown, CT
Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
New York Historical Society, New York, NY
Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
University of Alberta Art and Artifact Collection, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
Syracuse University Art Collection, Syracuse, NY
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Pfizer Inc
Capital One Services
BankAmerica
Fidelity Investments
Mass General Hospital
Wellington Management
Meditech
Gibson Dunn
Parasol Press
Clorox Corporation
Harris Bank
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2014 Composing Paintings, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
In the Studio, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Dwellings, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
In the Studio, Davis & Cline, Ashland OR
New Watercolors and Drawings, Garvey/Simon Art Access, NY, NY
2012 The Architect Within, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
Compositions, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
In the Studio, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
2010 Color Prints, Abbott & Holder, London, UK
Reflections, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2009 Reflections, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY
2008 Objects Considered, Midday Gallery, Englewood, NJ
2007 Recent Work, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Kasten Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA
2006 Studio Paintings, Reeves Contemporary, New York, NY
2004 Paintings & Works on Paper, Adler & Co., San Francisco, CA
Paintings & Works on Paper, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Working from Life, duPont Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
Paintings & Drawings, Concordia Gallery, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY
2003 Etchings and Monotypes, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Wrapped Objects, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
2001 Paintings and Pastels, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
GROUP MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:
2013 Face to Face, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2010 On the Wall/Off the Wall: Modern American Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Old & New: Recent Acquisitions and Works from the Collection, Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
2007 Collectors Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2006 Hot Pics/06 Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2005 Single Impressions: Monotypes & Monoprints, Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 20046th American Print
Biennial, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
Collection Tango: A Selection of Contemporary Art, Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
2002 Roy Lichtenstein and Beyond: Recent Acquisition of Modern Prints, Corcoran Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC
EDUCATION
1975 Masters of Fine Arts, Queens College
1973 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Boston University