"Circles" Watercolor, paper collage, metallic leaf on paper, 5x9"
"Nispero" Oil pastel, pencil, paper collage on paper, 8x10"
"Nocturne" Pencil, photograph, paper collage on paper, 6.5x6"
"Imagining Snow in Venice" Watercolor, paper collage, silver leaf on paper, 7x4.5"
"Scala del Bovolo" Watercolor, photograph, paper collage, gold leaf on paper, 8x6"
"Half Full" Watercolor, paper collage, metallic leaf on paper, 6x6"
Artist’s
Statement:
I
studied drawing, painting, and sculpture at the Boston University School of
Fine and Applied Arts for three years and graduated from Brandeis University
with a degree in art. I gave up
sculpture for more portable media, but never lost the sculptural awareness of
“portraying” an object in space which I have carried over into my drawings and
watercolors.
After
leaving Boston I got involved in book illustration and photography and for many
years worked as an editor of television programs. I continued to paint still lifes and landscapes and began
experimenting with different media and combining them in my paintings. I continue to work on paper, but now my
works bring paper collage, photographs, gold and metallic leaf together with
watercolor, drawing, and occasionally egg tempera.
I
am influenced by 19th century English and American botanical
studies, the small works of Manet, Morandi, and early Spanish still life
painters. Japanese art, Chinese
landscape painting, and Persian miniatures are also a source of inspiration to
me as is the color and texture of paper itself. I like to juxtapose the textures, surfaces, and luminances
of the various media and to combine the “real” with the abstract. I seek to change the way a still life
or landscape is experienced and to create a sense of peace and unity.
My
work is represented in collections throughout the United States and in
Europe. In the fall of 2007 I
received an Artist’s Residency and spent six weeks in Venice, Italy. I returned to Venice for four weeks in
the summer of 2009 on a second Artist’s Residency. Since my first trip, I have continued to explore what
inspired me there and have experimented with incorporating the photographs
taken in Venice into my new work.
