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Born in Pasadena, CA, United States 1998, 1993 Residency, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 1995, M.F.A., Queens College, Flushing, NY 1982-84, Boston Museum School, Boston, MA 1976, B.A., Kirkland College, Clinton, NY |
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"All of these paintings were begun with drawings done from the
perceived reality of vintage celluloid. I seek out architectural
spaces with dramatic points of view. I amass a big pile of drawings
and begin to collage them together. I’m interested in the shifting
perspectives that happen when they come together, and how that creates
a new reality. The collages are used as starting places to begin the paintings.
I consider my paintings explorations into a ‘sense of place,’ sometimes invented, sometimes observed and sometimes remembered. I’m interested in how light and reflections define, dissolve, and give life and spirit to a place. I layer, scrape away, and draw back into the paint to build and define the architecture. Ideally, the initial layers of paint show through to give evidence of a previous life. I’m influenced by Wallace Stevens, whose poetry graces the
titles of my work. In my paintings, I look for what Stevens
would refer to as ‘the storming in the walls.’ When the
‘storming’ is sufficiently strong I consider the painting
finished."
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