"Anything under the sun is beautiful if you have the vision. The world is not interested in mere pictures.  People look for this expression of beauty. The painter will never achieve this by merely painting pictures...he must show people more than they already see and he must show them with so much human sympathy and understanding that they will recognize it as if they themselves had seen the beauty and the glory. This is where the artist comes in."

W. Charles Hawthorne

Affiliations:

American Impressionist Society

National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society

National  Society of Painters in Casein/Acrylic

Plein Air Painters of Maine

Ridgewood Art Institute

A great influence in my painting has been the work and words of the painter, Charles Movalli.   Charlie's advice to painters "...your job is to see what the eye doesn't see - to use your own fresh view - your personal vision to find that intense sense of the moment ..."  Painting is a life-long challenge, and I continue  to listen to the painters whose art and words give me direction, gaining from their wisdom... and showing me new ways to grow in my pursuit of creating art.

My journey first began at the Ridgewood Art Institute where I studied the painting principles of Frank Vincent DuMond, noted American Impressionist painter and teacher.

This beginning in oil was extended to other mediums (including  pastel and acrylic) as I was fortunate enough to study with some of the best comtemporary landscape painters including Kenn Backhaus, John Budicin,  James Coe,  William Hook, Susan Ogilive, Colin Page, Bob Rohm, Phil Starke, and George Strickland, among other painters, whose work I admired.

I consider a painting a success if I've captured on canvas the emotion I felt when chancing upon the scene, and the work in turn, gives you a small measure of the 'beauty and the glory.'  The work is in private collections in the US and Europe, having been exhibited in corporate and museum settings as well as galleries in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maine.

For twenty years I enjoyed participating in the juried art show circuit primarily on the east coast, receiving forty awards including "Best in Show" and "First" in my chosen medium.

A large thank you goes out to my collectors who have traveled with me.... your support, encouragement and friendship continues to inspire and keeps me painting nature's wonders.

As we enter a new decade, I am excited to continue the journey and seek out new and challenging places to paint.... catch my new work as it appears on the site.

paintings from life