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Willard
Woods, Late Fall
17X21
3rd Step, New Snow
8X8
Loosestrife
Dawn
16X16
1st
Step, New Snow
8X10
Deep
Woods
12X12
Concord
Hill, November
16X16
Concord
Hill, April Thunderstorm
16X16
Willard
Woods, High Summer
18X24
The creation of a piece of art is a mysterious process. My journey to
a finished painting is full of surprise, frustration, and satisfaction,
with hopefully, a beautiful conclusion. My purpose is to capture lovely
moments in the natural world. I do my best when I am happy, secure and
in tune with nature. I try to create paintings that impart those feelings
to the viewer. I choose to paint with oil, acrylic or egg tempera according
to the effects attainable with each media.
I find beauty in the quotidian. Most everyday of the year my poodle, Chloe,
and I walk local paths. As she hunts the world with her nose I do the
same with my eyes. My memory of the landscape, often assisted with a snapshot,
is used as a basis for a composition. My goal with landscape painting
is to leave the extraneous behind and distill the most interesting parts
of a landscape sometimes to the edge of abstraction.
It doesn’t feel quite right to paint at home the scenery I see while
traveling. I earn the right to capture a scene on canvas with repetitive
viewing. However, travel photos become a basis for paintings of imagined
worlds. In fantasy paintings I relish using the detail I purposely leave
out of local landscapes. The use of vibrant color is a common feature
of both fantasy and landscape paintings.
Medical illustrations executed with technical pen and ink have been my
bread and butter for thirty two years. I enjoy collaborating with physicians,
writers and editors. The medical knowledge and accuracy required is a
different but enjoyable challenge compared to painting. I have contributed
to over fifty medical textbooks and illustrated hundreds of words in the
American Heritage Dictionary series.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Concord Art Association
Lexington Arts and Crafts Association
Lexington Painters Guild
Paintings have been shown at the Depot Square Gallery, the Concord Art Association, and the Lexington Arts and Craft Association. Many paintings and two murals are in private collections.
WORK HISTORY
1978-Present: Freelance medical illustration and scientific illustration 1975-1977 Eaton Paper Company, Pittsfield MA, note card and stationery design
1973-1975 Contis Studio, Boston MA commercial design and illustration
EDUCATION
2005 Acrylic Painting , Lexington Arts and Crafts Society
2004 Jewelry Making, DeCordova Musuem
2003 Egg Tempera, Concord Art Association
2002 Plein Air Painting, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society
1977-1978 Harvard Medical School: human anatomy
1972-1974 Boston University: graduate work in art therapy
1969-1972 Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, NJ: B.A. in Fine Arts with a secondary concentration in biological illustration 1968-1969 Elmira College, Elmira, NY
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