Abstract and Representational artist Oil on canvas

I have been painting since the early 1960’s. In matters of style and productivity, I feel the years from 1975 onward have yielded my greatest personal satisfaction and growth in creative maturity. My artistic style has developed into big, bold images, filled with vivid color. Much of my work focuses on hard-edged geometric subjects and the division of space into contrasting colors that attempts to suggest pictures within pictures.

My canvasses are more representational imagery of an abstract nature. Although my main focus has been on abstract art, I continue to paint traditional subject matter as well. I try to offer an original view from my own perspective.I believe that my gift is allowing the viewer to see traditional subject matter in an unconventional way. The Musician Series is my personal view of the greatest jazz musicians of all time.

I have been active as an artist both in New England and on the West Coast. From 1976 – 1980, I participated in the San Diego, California art community before I returned to the East Coast. In March 1984, I had my first one-man commercial show in the East, held at the Premier Image Gallery of Ashland, Massachusetts. My work is part of many private collections across the country and has won awards for artistic merit. I have also completed several large scale works by commission in Massachusetts and in California.

My professional affiliations include past memberships in the La Jolla Art Association and the San Diego Art Museum. As a first year member of the La Jolla Art Association,I was given a one-man show, considered at the time to be “a very unusual honor.” In eastern Massachusetts, I exhibited at numerous locations, such as award and juried shows hosted by art associations, banks, libraries and other public institutions.

A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I was trained formally as a commercial artist during my early years. My evolution as a painter however was largely self-taught. I am an art scholar,and have acquired a depth of knowledge in art history and the development of contemporary, fine and abstract art.

I have currently completed a series of works dedicated to capture the color and vitality of the the City of New York and Central Park, from 2005 to the present.

In my new series, "Old Antique Car Hoods". I again embrace the bold, vibrant, geometric designs used by other artist of the cubist era. Although the ideas are from the past, the vivid colors and designs bring a new perspective and propel this new series into the 21st century.