This is my baby. She inspired the Primary Shades series. She formed organically out of a pure joyful play with the process and feeling of paint and color.
The integrity of the background is as deserving of as much care, attention, and scrutiny as the subject. The vibrant background is a part of the subject. Molded by light, the subject can emerge from the background.
A beloved friend and favorite model.
The Making Families series is a tryptic of paintings created for a group gallery show at the Pierre Menard Gallery in Cambridge, MA in 2007 titled “Invisible Threads Invisible Cities.” With such a theme I chose to engage in a discussion on relationships and isolation in urban environments. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, whose work I greatly enjoy and admire, contributed to […]
The pleasure of simple flat shapes and their relation to each other.
Show me the components of color.
A favorite print that later visually inspired a book of prints.
The portrait of an older woman napping in Newark NJ’s Penn Station in January.