Painting is my passion and I strive to infuse that energy and emotion into my work. Over the past few years I
have moved away from the traditional application of paint to develop a style that is spontaneous in textural brush
work and unique in its presentation. I love pushing the color in new directions for dramatic effects and for the sheer
joy of watching what happens. Painting outdoors on location, I often choose to interpret the landscape of the
shore, a subject close to my heart having grown up on the Jersey Coast.
I begin by determining what drew me to the scene, whether it was color, the light, or subject matter and making
several sketches in pen and pencil to determine the value and light patterns. By the time I actually put paint on the
brush, I have carefully planned my approach. This technique allows me to lay down the paint in a spontaneous,
creative brush stroke keeping the painting fresh and alive.
Events of my life have led me into teaching art and I have found that each student as well as each painting offers
a new challenge, a blank page, and an opportunity to not only help students develop artistically but to reexamine
my own work. An artist is constantly changing and growing, the learning never ceases. Perhaps this is what makes
painting so exciting to me...the fact that the learning never ends, that there is always more you can do to make it
better and that there are always more challenges ahead.