ARTISTS STATEMENT
Life is a marvelous crazy ride.
I am slowly becoming more resilient to it’s frenzied ways.
Making art is my form of relief. Engaging my mind while using my hands allows me to loose myself in the moment. Watching a brush slide color across a canvas is like the breath of a meditation. It provides me a break in the action, a moment of healing. I find myself in the present.
I paint because I have something to share.
My intention is to create paintings that are as mysterious as I find life to be. I strive to open a conversation with few words.
The passing of time has changed my perspective.
I am no longer on a quest and I am no longer afraid of the dark, the quiet, or silence. Looking into the darkness together we steal its power. Sharing vulnerability expressed in few brush strokes provides a notation of a quiet shared connection.
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITS
2017
2013
2012
2010
2008
2006
Gallery 66, Cold Springs, NY
The Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT
Beth Ellis Fine Art, Glastonbury, CT
Central Connecticut State University, CT
Rumson FH Bank & Trust, Rumson, NJ
EBK Gallery, West Hartford, CT
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITS
2023
2023
2019
2018
2017
2017
2017
2017
2016
2016
2016
2016
2015
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
2012
2010
2005
2005
2005
2002
Art League of New Britain
Essex Art Association, CT
Lost Acres Vineyard, Granby, CT
Wadsworth Athenium, Hartford, CT
The New York Studio School, NY, NY
Lost Acres Vineyards, Granby, CT
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Beauregard Fine Art, Rumson, NJ
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Beauregard Fine Art, Rumson, NJ
Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ
Hartford Fine Art, E. Hartford, CT
Hartford Fine Art, E. Hartford, CT
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
The Slater Museum, Norwich, CT
Fine Arts Festival, Westport, CT
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Art About Town, Westport, CT
The Slater Museum, Norwich, CT
50th “On the Green”, Glastonbury, CT
Silver Circle Gallery, Putnam, CT
CCNS, Rowayton, CT
Rockwell Art & Framing, Ridgefield, CT
The Slater Museum, Norwich, CT
The Hartford Public Library, Hartford, CT
“Art Under the Tent,” Old Lyme, CT
Lyme College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
Lyme College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
DESIGNER SHOW HOUSES
2012
2009
2008
2003
1993
1992
1991
Jr. League of Hartford, CT
Jr. League of Hartford, CT
Glastonbury Garden, CT
Jr. League of Hartford, CT
West Hartford, CT
Holiday House Tour, Rumson, NJ
House Tour, Essex, CT
TEACHING
2019
2018
2016
2015
2014
2011
2010
2008
2006
2004
2019
2018
2016
2015
2014
2011
2010
2008
2006
2004
Marlborough Arts Center
JosaStudios – Private lessons
Middletown Art, Acrylics Demo
JosaStudios – Private lessons
ArtClass E. Hampton, CT
Cromwell Middle & High School, long-term art sub
Cromwell Middle & High School, long-term art sub
Mass. College of Art, MA, Visiting Artist Series
Renbrook School, Sub Art Teacher, W.H., CT
Farmington Valley Arts Center, CT