STATEMENT:

In my current work, I explore the daily changes in atmosphere and light and their transformational effect on familiar streetscapes and landscapes. I strive to capture the moment when the mundane becomes transcendent, a transition often created by the heaviness of a passing storm, the glow of a street lamp, or an otherworldly sunset.

My eyes naturally seek the geometry of forms – soft angles created by tree branches and the horizon, interacting with the hard-edged, manmade lines of roads and utility wires – and I am excited to work these disparate elements into the composition. Equally intentional is the small scale of the paintings; not only does the size invite the viewer to come closer and look, but (I hope) evokes an intimacy with the piece.

The images represented here are mostly hyperlocal, often gleaned from daily walks with my dogs, or a glance out my front door. The goal is not to create accurate representations of a neighborhood or landscape, but to isolate the elements of a particular scene in order to bring a universality to the painting, enough so that the viewers realize that they, too, have experienced that same feeling, somewhere else, at another time.

2022

2021

Cool and Collected, Kenise Barnes Fine Arts, Kent, CT (group show)

Cuttyhunk Small Works Show, New Bedford, MA (group show)

OMG Art Faire, Kenise Barnes Fine Arts, Kingston, NY

2019

About Landscape, Kenise Barnes Fine Arts, Kent, CT (group show)

The Project Space at Kenise Barnes Fine Arts, Larchmont, NY (one-person exhibition)

res•o•nance, BizG87 Gallery, Larchmont, NY (group show)

2007

The Power of Portraits, Pelham Art Center (group show)

2006

40 Years of Painting, Center for the Arts - Westchester Community College (group show)

2019

Cuttyhunk Island Artists’ Spring Residency

2018

Cuttyhunk Island Artists’ Fall Residency

1984

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO