About The Artist
About The Artist
I create paintings and cutouts as a way of turning my love of the world into objects that come alive. Inspiration comes from nature—tiny pebbles or a decaying flower—as well as ordinary household objects like an old hat or a broken cup. I feel a tenderness towards all these things and their lifespans, which makes me want to render them with affection. As a process oriented artist, I work with water based paints, as well as all kinds of materials including dirt, recycled paintings, dried grass. I am interested in color and push my palette into strange terrain to arrive at combinations that feel fresh and invented. I am delighted when the final pieces remind me of something I’ve seen, but can’t quite recognize.
Exhibitions
2017 Earthly Delights, solo exhibition | LaGuardia Community College, New York, NY
2016 Open Studio | Silks Building, New York, NY
Gyre | Point Reyes Station, CA
2015 Tribe of Nine | Point Reyes Station, CA
The Chance To Love Everything | Point Reyes Station, CA
2014 Open Studio | Silks Building, New York, NY
2013 Botanicals | Point Reyes Station, CA
2012 Open Studio | Silks Building, New York, NY
2010 Master Class | Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
2009 Courtyard Landscapes | San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2008 Small Works Show | Foreman Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2008 Master Class | Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
2007 Master Class | Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
2006 Essence of Providencia | Hostal Ocean Wonders, Providencia, Columbia
2006 Master Class | Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
2005 Master Class | Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
2003 Together/Apart | La Serrania, Mallorca, Spain
2002 Up Close | La Serrania, Mallorca, Spain
2003 Color 311 | Cork Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Color 311 | Cork Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Color 311 | Cork Gallery, New York, NY
1998 La Selva Mexicana | Gallery Luscombe, San Francisco, CA
1997 Food for Thought | Civilization Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Small Works Show | N.Y.U., New York, NY
Artist Residency: Vermont Studio Center painting residency Oct 2014
Private Collections: throughout the USA, and in France, Japan, U.K., Mexico
Education
B.A. from S.UN.Y Purchase, New York & Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
Additional study in painting and drawing: Sam Feinstein, Leigh Hyams, Nicki Orbach, Michael Grimaldi, Frederick Franck
Publications
SKY ABOVE, EARTH BELOW, art and text
THE ROTATING SPAGHETTI FORK, art and text in collaboration with Cris Cristofaro
