about the artist

In 2007, after a 30-year career as an art and creative director, I started painting. I wanted to combine attributes of design with color, texture and movement to create paintings that have a passionate, energetic appeal, and invite viewers to interpret, from their own perspective, what they see and feel.

My career in art started simply: constant doodling, using pencils, crayons and then pastels, while exploring color and how it created light and depth on paper—which led to a Gold Key in the Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards Competition. I graduated from Massachusetts College of Art, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting. I also received a Certificate in Art History from the School of Fine Arts at Boston University.

While at Mass Art, I developed my design skills, and began creating and painting wall murals, which led to work with graphic design and architectural firms painting wall mural designs. Nypro Inc., in Clinton, MA, and Sun Federal Savings Bank, in Biddeford, ME, were the most notable projects.

At this same time, two wall mural contests opened to students—one for the MBTA (the ‘T’)—and the other for the Boston Common Underground Garage. My designs won First Prizes in both contests. The garage murals are no longer visible; the ‘T’ murals at Kenmore Square are.

Following the success of the contests, I was commissioned to design and paint murals for individuals and for the Charles River Apartment complex in Boston. I have recently participated in solo and group exhibitions and have been featured in both print and TV, for an article in Artscope magazine, another in Redivider, the Emerson College Art and Literature Quarterly, the Spring 2009 issue and for the Boston Neighborhood Network Television (BNN) program It’s All About Arts, hosted by Glenn Williams.

My focus now is to continue to develop new bodies of work, enter juried exhibitions, select an artist’s representative, and build relationships with galleries interested in exhibiting my work.

Artist Statement
Being born into a household where music was a constant influence, I developed a keen awareness of rhythm and harmony that was reflected in my design career; and which now is evoked in my paintings.

Sometimes I’ll play my drums prior to starting a canvas; most often, however, I’m plugged into my iPod. Music enhances my perception and I visualize that sensory paradise onto the canvas.

My painting is unrestrained, inviting and expressive while creating a paradox of movement within a static canvas; the abundance of textures, colors or monochromatic tones along with the asymmetrical shapes and lines, create vibrancy that’s a hallmark of my style.

I’m interpreting limitless possibilities, enjoyment, and transparency; however, there are visual nuances that await discovery.

The viewer is invited and encouraged to interpret whatever they see ... it could be something mysterious, decidedly simple, elegantly sensual or excitingly exotic.