Artist's Bio and Statement

I grew up in New York and moved to the Washington, DC area about 40 years ago. I've always been passionate about painting. I developed my skills through classes at the Washington Studio School, the Yellow Barn, and online, and studied other artists' work in museums, galleries, and publications. I painted regularly during my career as a lawyer, and have now turned my main focus to painting.

I work in acrylics, and also in watercolor and other watermedia. My paintings are primarily landscapes and still lifes. Because I am still fascinated by the way marks on a surface can convey objects in the world, my paintings are largely representational, but the representational elements are combined with experiments in color or composition, and often with areas that are abstracted or invented. The works are built up slowly over time, and every stroke is an experiment. I aim for paintings that make an immediate impact but also repay longer consideration.

The initial inspiration for a landscape painting can be a view from my travels or a scene from around the corner. My still lifes are most often based on objects that I've come across rather than set-ups I've created. What attracts me are strong arrangements of color, shape, and light, which I then seek to translate and heighten by the choices I make in paint. I want my paintings to convey the visual interest I see in the world while also standing as compositions on their own.

My work is in a number of private collections. It has been included in shows at the Washington Studio School and in the juried Members' Show at the Yellow Barn Studio in 2021, 2022, and 2023 (Honorable Mention 2022).

In January 2023, I joined Studio B, a shared studio and exhibit space in downtown Bethesda, MD.