Artist Statement

My artwork is primarily inspired by nature, and by personal associations and ideas stimulated by my perceptions of the world around me. I love how the effects of light and shadow, color and composition evoke subtle emotions and memories, both conscious and unconscious. I'm also enjoying painting people in the last two or three years. Human images are endlessly fascinating!
I like to paint things that make me feel a connection to that greater Mystery beneath the manifest world, and to explore how visual stimuli can take the mind beyond our everyday state of consciousness.
My goal is to share that sense of wonder and connection to a greater wholeness through visual media.

About Me

I was born in 1956 and live in Western New York, not far from Rochester. I've loved making art for as long as I can remember, but for much of my adult life I would draw or paint or take photographs sporadically every few years while engaging in other life activities.
I finally decided to go back to school and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the State University of New York College at Brockport in 1999, where I studied painting and ceramic sculpture. For several years since then I've made numerous concrete sculptures for our gardens and have done some painting on and off (and helped raise and home school our two children).
In 2016 I realized that making art is what I love and what I want to do for the rest of my life; especially acrylic painting. I'm fortunate to have more free time now to pursue my passion for creativity.

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