Although my work is representational, I am definitely not a photo realist. I try to include much more than just the surface of a place.
I want to express my emotions about the subject and to stimulate emotions in the viewer.
What makes me respond to, and want to paint a particular subject is a little bit of a mystery to me. There must be something there that
strikes a nerve, but I can't generalize about what it is. Once I decide on a subject, I start photographing it from many angles
and at various times of the day--lighting conditions and shadow configurations, etc. I use the camera--but it works for me, I don't work
for the camera. I don't make paintings of photographs. I take from the photo whatever I feel works toward the mood I'm trying to convey.
And I leave out whatever doesn't help. And I sometimes add things that were never there at all. I want the painting to have a life of it's own
and I am not concerned that someone might point out that the fireplug is out of place or that the building isn't really that color.
The painting becomes a sort of fantasy of my own invention.
48” x 48”
oil on canvas
40” x 30”
oil on canvas
25” x 18”
oil on canvas
image: 8” x 11”
framed: 16” x 19”
watercolor
30” x 40”
oil on canvas
36”x 36”
oil on canvas
24” 36”
oil on canvas
30” x 40”
oil on canvas
16”20”
oil on canvas
20” x 24”
oil on canvas
Born: 1931 in Lansdale, PA.
Graduated: Philadelphia Museum College of Art
Attended Art Students League of New York
Taught Philadelphia Museum College of Art
Exhibitions:
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Art Alliance
Michelson Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Corcoran Rental Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Moody Gallery, Pasadena, CA.
Challis Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.
*Henley's Gallery, Sea Ranch, CA.
John Pense Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Editions Limited, San Francisco, CA.
Modernism, San Francisco, CA.
Awards and Honors:
Philadelphia Museum Regional Show- Honorable Mention
Southern California Exposition, Del Mar- Honorable Mention
Marin County Fair- Best of Show
California State Fair, Sacramento- Honorable Mention
Juror- Festival of Masters, DisneyWorld, Orlando, Florida
Juror- 1996 California Watercolor Association- Open Show
Featured Artist, Marin/Scapes Annual, 1997
Purchase Award- Fannie Mae Foundation
And many corporate and private collections...
Currently Represented by the following galleries:
The Olga Dollar Gallery,
San Francisco, CA.
*Foxhall Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA.
Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan, OR.
*Le Celle, San Anselmo, CA.
*S. F. MOMA, Rental Gallery,
San Francisco, CA.
*The Garden Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA.
*Parkside Gallery, Carmel, CA.
*Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA.