My paintings are about space, form and energy. I generally start painting without preconceived notions as to the final outcome and build space through a series of constructions and destructions. The paintings begin with a loose set of limitations and directives. I often work with an abstract idea in mind, several scientific concepts come to mind, to give me focus. I then paint freely, gradually narrowing my focus and zeroing in on a composition that depicts a solid structure, intriguing space and a spontaneity of design. I am interested in complex spatial relationships that lead to a feeling of a comprehensive whole which has energy and a life of it's own. I am also interested in linear movement and visual paradoxes. I do a great deal of my composing on the canvas and never know what I will end up with until I am done. For me painting is an act of discovery.
Born: Cleveland, Ohio
Education: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Cert.
Kent State University, MFA
Awards:
Ohio Individual Excellence Award for painting- 2009
Represented in Cleveland, Ohio by: Tregoning and Co. Gallery
European representative in Lisbon, Portugal: ArtCatto Gallery
Selected One Man Exhibitions:
2017- The Stocker Art Center- Elyria, Ohio
2017- Tregoning and Co. Gallery- Cleveland, Ohio
2015- Tregoning and Co Gallery- Cleveland, Ohio
2013- Negative Space Gallery- Cleveland, OH
2013- Loren Nagi Gallery- Cleveland, OH
2012- Willoughby Hills Gallery- Willoughby Hills, OH
2012- Arts Collinwood Gallery- Cleveland, OH
2012- Tregoning and Co. Gallery- Cleveland, OH
2010 - Beachwood Community Center Gallery, Beachwood, OH
As an artist, my passion is trying to create Lyrical Abstractions. My point of view and methods are nothing new, but—I think—my paintings represent re-emerging
