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I have been an artist all of my life. I am also
an actor/singer and musical theater writer; which is why, perhaps,
I love the drama of color and line.
As a child I copied photos of dancers -- Pavlova,
Nureyev, Fonteyn. I continued to paint/draw forever and my work
evolved from realistic to semi-abstract forms … but it has
always been about the face and the figure, the emotion and the
form … and color. I revel in color and line.
Drawing the figure excites me and, no matter how
abstract, I always work from life. Like the audience at a play,
I immerse myself totally in the emotion of the model and the pose.
The result, on paper or canvas, is my giddy applause.
Many, many years ago I went into an art supply store
and accidentally spilled coffee on 15 vellum pads. The owner was
kind enough to sell me the pads (even then $50 each) … at
cost. Up until then I’d used only pastel on paper. Now I
needed a way to use the pads. So I began to experiment with oil
pastel and pastel on the vellum. Since the vellum has little ‘tooth’
I wash the paper with turpentine, which renders a powerful, emotional,
sometimes tender, sometimes raw image --- and I’ve been doing
it ever since.
I’ve had the good fortune to study with well
known California born, Rockland County artist Ken Nishi; and,
at Suny Purchase, NY, with Roger Hendricks.
My work has been represented at The Manhattan Arts
and Antiques Center in NY, the Franklyn Antiques Center in Nyack,
NY and the auction for the benefit of the Helen Hayes Theater
in Nyack, NY. I have had one woman shows at The Turning Point
restaurant in Piermont, NY; the Nyack Art Walk; in several libraries,
and am included in many private collections.
I have also enjoyed creating many mother-and-child
portraits on commission. These are more representational, and
in them I try to capture the sweet innocence of that tender love.
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June 2012
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Full Scholarship to the Art Student’s League ‘Artist-In-Residency
program at the League’s Vytlacil campus in Sparkhill,
NY
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October 2012
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Featured Artist Café Barcel, Nyack, NYc
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October 2012
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Juried into Flywheel Gallery’s show “Attitude”
-- Piermont-NY
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October 2012
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One of three winners awarded a show at Flywheel
in December
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December 2012
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Featured in three- person holiday show at Flywheel Gallery,
Piermont, NY
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March 2013
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Featured Artist: Nyack Libraryc
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May 2013
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Featured artist, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack NY
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July 2013
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Nyack Art Collective’s first “First Friday”
Featured artist at the Chocolaterie, Nyack, NY
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August 2013
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First Friday , Nyack, NY: Featured artist Saffron Trading
Company,
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September 2013
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First Friday, Nyack, NY: Franklin Antiques Center
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October 2013
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Represented in silent action for benefit of Penguin Theater,
Stony Point, NY
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October 2013
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Represented in GAGA art Center, Garnerville, NY “Re-imagine
Garner”
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October 2013
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Juried into the EstroGenius Festival in Manhattan
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November 2013
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Artist of the Month, JohnnyCakes, Nyack, NY
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Upcoming
March 2013 : Featured Artist The Art Café, Nyack, NY
Date to come: Solo Show, The Producer’s Club, NYC
I am a member of the Nyack Art Collective and The Dramatists
Guild
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