Artist Statement
My creative passage has taken me from a realistic, almost classical representation of the human figure, towards a surrealistic world of figures and imagination where everything is possible as reality and fantasy merge.
My current work consists of oil and acrylic paintings on canvas, and mixed media assemblages. They range from medium to small in scale, with careful attention given to details and surface quality.
The artwork begins with the human form, and then I create a surrealistic world for these figures to exist in. The work is representational but not necessarily realistic.
The assemblages incorporate found and hand made objects with the paintings to venture the images into a three-dimensional relief existence. They are arranged in boxes or old drawers. This work allows me to bring together my love for both two and three-dimensional design. Like paintings they have define boarders that require showing only a fraction of the world. Like sculpture they are part of a physical three-dimensional existence. The drawers and found objects bring to the work their own physical history and my love for collectibles.
The paintings incorporate rich colored frames with heavy decorative patterns surrounding figures of women and children inhabiting a surrealistic world of foliage and imaginary design.
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GALLERIES:
NAWA Gallery, NYC, NY
Ward-Nasse Gallery, NYC, NY
Monroe Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
Rosettastone Fine Art Gallery, Juno Beach, Fl
Rotunda Gallery, Town Hall, Jersey City, NJ
Gallery at Justice William Brennan Court House, JC, NJ
Time Square Lobby Gallery, NYC, NY
Atrium Gallery, Washington Township, NJ
County Executive Office Gallery, Hackensack, NJ
G. F. Warhol Gallery, Midland Park, NJ
GalleryONEmain, High Bridge, NJ
Lena Ei Gangi Gallery, Rutherford, NJ
Phoenix Gallery, NY, NY
Leftbank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
MUSEUMS:
Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ
Fort Lee Museum, Fort Lee, NJ
Bergen Museum, Paramus, NJ
UNIVERSITIES:
Kean University, Union, NJ
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ
Georgian Court College, Lakewood, NJ
Northwood University, West Palm Beach, FL
New Jersey City University, JC, NJ
ART ORGANIZATIONS:
The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Ringwood Manor, Ringwood, NJ
Clifton Art Center, Clifton, NJ
Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
Mauch Chunk Historical Society, Jim Thorpe, PA
Ryan Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Center, NY
New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Bergen Performing Art Center, Englewood, NJ
Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ
Sumei Art Center Newark, NJ
St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO
Presbyterian Church of Franklin Lakes, NJ
LIBRARIES:
Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ
Fair Lawn Library, Fair Lawn, NJ
Fort Lee Library, Fort Lee, NJ
The Gallery at Valley Cottage Library, NJ
OTHERS:
Port Authority, NYC, NY
Symposia Bookstore, Hoboken, NJ
Sesame Restaurant, Montclair, NJ
Carriage House, Jersey City, NJ
Hoboken City Hall, Hoboken, NJ
Rachel, Jersey City, NJ
Grove Art and Photo, Jersey City, NJ
National Art Education Association, Denver, CO
National Art Education Association, NYC, NY
National Art Education Association, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS:
*[Best in Show Award] Small Works Show, Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
*[Honorable Mention] Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
*[Prize of Excellence] American Gothic, Clifton Art Center, Clifton, NJ
*[Best in Show] Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
*[Official Award of Merit] People's Choice Awards, galleryONEmain, High Bridge, NJ
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
Postgraduate studies at New York University,
Graduate School of Figurative Art, NYC, NY, and
Jersey City State College, J C, N J
MA-Jersey City State College, Jersey City, NJ
BA -Jersey City State College, Jersey City, NJ
AAS-Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC, NJ
