These paintings are the foundation of my studio practice. These are the images I have built upon and also the images which I return to.
I have been painting trees from a variety of angles, perspectives and even from different degrees of distance--both physical and emotional--for several years. These "portraits" explore the life-sustaining movement of trees as they extend into space and reach to maximize their participation in the world.
In the last two years, the trees have moved me, to a further investigation of the heart, body and landscape. My work continues to examine this inter-connectedness of movement, stillness and matters of the heart as witnessed in life. Each painting is a subtle reminder that relationship and connection are fundamental to building and nourishing our lives.
"I think you are painting the heart and the body as much as you are painting trees."
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EDUCATION
MFA, Vermont College, Montpelier, Vermont, 1996
BA, Graphic Design, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Connecticut, 1988
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, AWARDS, COMMISSIONS
Barnspace Productions, "Windfalls," paintings and set design for a dance performance, 1999
Special Opportunities Stipend (2), NYFA, Garrison Art Center and NYSCA, 1998
Vermont Studio School, Johnson, Vermont, artist's grant for a four-week residency, 1997
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Writes "Artists and Writers in their Own Words" an interview series published by Inner Tapestry
SELECTED JURIED/INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2004 "Open Space/Hope, Maine" (two-person), The Chocolate Church, Bath, Maine
2003 Gallery 407 (two-person), Rockland, Maine
2002 Gallery Untitled, Sedgewick, Maine
2002 Elements Gallery, Rockland, Maine
2000 "Recent Work" (solo), Riverstone-South Kent, Connecticut
2000 "Small Works Invitational," Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC
1999 "In Tree Time" (solo), Barnspace-Katonah, New York
1998 "Recent drawings and Paintings" (solo), Anita Hart Balter Gallery, Garrison, New York
1996 "Space+Surface," Pelham Art Center, Pelham, New York
1996 "MFA Thesis Exhibition," T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont
1994 "Summer Salon," Station Gallery, Katonah, New York
1994 "Rhythm & Blues" (three-person), Schoolhouse Gallery, Croton Falls, New York
1993 "Annual Fine Arts Show" (Juror: George King now director of Georgia OÕKeefe Museum in Santa FE, New Mexico), Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, New York
1991 "Art of The Northeast USA" (Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum NYC), Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, Connecticut
COLLECTIONS
Private collections in New York, Boston, Connecticut, Washington, DC, Wyoming, New Mexico and Maine