B. 1960, UPSTATE NEW YORK; LIVES AND WORKS IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA

I RECEIVED MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM NAZARETH UNIVERSITY, ROCHESTER, NY, AND RELOCATED TO PHILADELPHIA IN 1991 TO PURSUE MY MFA IN PRINTMAKING AT TYLER SCHOOL OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY. AS THE RECIPIENT OF A TYLER GALLERIES GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP AND POSITION AS ASSISTANT TO THE GALLERY DIRECTOR, I GAINED VALUABLE EXPERIENCE AS AN ART HANDLER, PREPARATOR AND CURATOR. IN 1999, I ACQUIRED a FINE ART AND studio CRAFT GALLERY WHICH I MANAGED FOR 20 YEARS.

IN 2020, I RETURNED TO MY STUDIO WITH AN INVIGORATED FOCUS ON PAINTING A BENEFIT OF RESIDING CLOSE TO HOME. ORIGINALLY TRAINED AS A PRINTMAKER, I OFTEN ADAPT THE COMPLEX PROCESS OF PRINTED INKS INTO A MORE FLUID APPROACH UTILIZING TEMPLATES AND SUBTRACTIVE METHODS TO ATTAIN COMPARABLE TRANSLUCENT LAYERS. THROUGH THE USE OF WATER-BASED INKS THIS PLIABLE MEDIUM ALLOWS THE MINING OF MULTIPLE PIGMENT LAYERS TO REVEAL DORMANT VEILS OF UNDERPAINTING. THE IMPETUS FOR THE EXCAVATION OF THESE STRATA OF INK IS TO OFFER LIBERATION TO THE UNSEEN. LOOSELY BASED UPON AN ARRAY OF PRELIMINARY SKETCHES, MY IMAGERY IS SUFFUSED WITH A REPERTIORE OF METAPHORIC ELEMENTS WHICH OCCUPY AN IDyllic PERIPHERY.

MY WORK HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN NUMEROUS GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND MANY RESIDE IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, including the waldorf-astoria, NEW YORK.