Artist's Statement:

Never do I intend to underestimate what can become of a piece of paper! The use of paper, other familiar materials and fundamental forms speaks to an economy of means that drives my work and my life. I challenge myself to exploit the simplest means and transform them into worthy, expressive works. With this art I am trying to reflect the regularities and routines of daily life, exalt subtleties and details, play with the sweetness of small comforts. As a student of classical piano, I find intriguing parallels between the elaboration of a basic melodic theme and that of a geometric form, both of which can be reinvented and intensified in myriad rhythmic variations, all closely related, but never identical. Working in two and three dimensions, I construct compositions from tiny to room-size. Could anything be more fun?

Fine art is my most chosen endeavor. Over the past nine years, my work has been exhibited and sold widely, including two successful Boston solo shows and numerous group shows (including galleries in Boston, New York, Cambridge, Stamford and Somerville, MA). Since 2001, select pieces have been circulating among companies participating in the DeCordova Museum corporate loan program. Since 2004, the work has earned a National Color Award, entered several corporate collections, and since 2006, has begun a gallery association with Shaw Cramer on Martha’s Vineyard. A third solo show is scheduled this spring at First Parish Church of Weston, MA. Looking further ahead, a solo show is planned for Fall 2008 at American Primitive Gallery in New York.

Previous professional activities include: writing picture books and beginning readers for children; conducting basic and applied educational and developmental research with children: working for National Headstart both as teacher and evaluator; and clinical counseling with children. However, this work as an artist seems always to have been there, waiting.

About the Artist: