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My life as a visual artist has been loaded with inspiring mentors, movements, and artist friends. The settling of their influences has created an ever forward movement of creativity and meaning. In my early twenties, I learned how to engage myself fully in the creative process. That process is more like strolling along a winding river (in all seasons) instead of jumping on the highway between two cities in Summer. Beginning only with a general concept and raw materials, I give myself over to the process. It is this time spent in a non-controlled state that has a profound effect, resulting in art.

One way or another all our lives are impacted by art. It could be the home you are living in, the bench you are sitting on, the garden you are gazing at, the meal you are eating. The art materials that I physically interact with are surprisingly divergent. Each demands something different out of me and for the most part generates it's own content and process. In a given week, I could be working on a representational still life or a plein-air painting (referencing Van Gogh's brushwork, Bonnards color world, and Vermeer's compositional lighting). At least once a day, I take several spontaneous photographs. This process pulls from the depths of me what Wassily Kandinsky wrote so beautifully about in his treatise 'On the Spiritual in Art'. A day of throwing clay at the pottery wheel requires several cleansing breathes as I diligently shift to supporting a 14" x 8" x 1/3" slab of clay on the lip of a freshly thrown form. It will be a hand-altered pitcher, one of a series of my own design drawing on an Art Nouveau style originating at my core. Or it could be time to unload the kiln and discover a new batch of figurative sculptures (which remind me of women in a Maxfield Parrish painting) all of which are still warm to the touch. 

As a teenager, I was introduced to the works of Antoni Gaudí. His way of experiencing form in reference to the land and architecture have been a source of inspiration ever since. In 1998, while in my thirties, I studied in Spain for 6 weeks exploring his Park Güell and walked along the Rooftop at La Pedrera. The experience of existing within Gaudí’s work didn’t hold a candle to the collections of the Picasso Museum, The Renia Sofia, and The Prado (which were all impressive).

My work has exhibited nationally in both gallery and museum settings. It has always been an honor to be included in 'invitational, traveling, and juried' exhibits.
Early in my career, major publishers produced my photography into book form. Over the past ten years, Fine Art Photography has become a grounding force in my life. It is a visceral connection to nature and the everyday world.

During 2010, I collaborated with the Art Posse (a group of artists affiliated with the Hartford Art School) on Project Foto365. Check out the online gallery at http://photonlab.com/foto365. In January of 2011, I self-published a book featuring my work from that project.

For much of my life, I have proudly and productively served as an arts advocate and board member to art organizations around the State of Connecticut. I earned my MFA from the Hartford Art School, University of Hartford in 2000. After which, I applied my teaching philosophy directly in the process of founding my own private art school. The Developing Artist Institute, LLC was a vital hub of creativity and development for five years. I sold it five years later. I was honored to be inducted into the Arts Hall of Fame by the Manchester Arts Commission in 2009. It was a memorable evening with Fire Marshall, Rudy Kissman bestowing the award at the historic Cheney Hall.

For the past five years, my focus has been on creating a body of new work. I look forward to developing a working relationship with a gallery owner/director who 'gets me' and is interested in my process and art.

This site is designed with three distinct galleries; Ceramics, Painting, and Photography. If you have comments or which to contact me, my email is listed on the contact page. Thank you.