My Story

Visual art has been a part of my life since early childhood and it was the twists and turns of life that fashioned this path for me. It was a matter of accepting it rather than any conscious, deliberate choice.

I view any art form as a means of self-expression, a vocation rather than an avocation or a career. This clarification of the purpose of art making I attribute to the late, original jazz pianist and composer, Mal Waldon.

My art works are my portrait.

Selected Exhibits

Exhibits have ranged from juried exhibits in Cooperstown, NY, 71St Annual Cooperstown Art Association National; CCA 11th Annual Juried Art Show at the Hudson Opera House, The Land Show, Small works; White Ribbon National Juried Exhibit, Cheney University of Pennsylvania, Chaney, PA; Fire, GCCA Gallery, Catskill, NY; Artswalk, Hudson, NY; J.T.Fringe:Old School, New School, No School Carbon County Cultural Project, National Juried Exhibit, Jim Thorpe, PA; Fall Harvest Exhibit, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY; Landscape VII, International Juried Online Art Exhibit, Upstream People Gallery, special mention, Omaha, NE; The Great Outdoors, Gallery 402, NY, NY; Twelve, CCA Gallery, Hudson, NY; Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY; Signs of Change, Ceres Gallery, Catskill, NY;The Jazz Show, GCCA, Catskill, NY; Kiss: The Iconography of Love, CCCA Gallery, Hudson, NY; Ten, Jazz, both at CCCA Gallery, Hudson, NY; Life Drawings, Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY; two solo exhibits at Columbia-Greene Community College; The Web of Life, solo exhibit at the Kaaterskill Gallery, Catskill, NY; Group Show, Emile A Gruppe Gallery, Jericho, VT, part of Open Studio Tour; Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, juried groups exhibit, Swanson, VT, S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, group show, Burlington, VT and other alternative spaces in VT.

Art Education

MFA from CCNY, NY, NY; BA, Hunter College, NY, NY; Studies at the Arts Students League; Studied with artists Michigan Itami, Al Loving, Doug Olson and Robert Beverly Hale among others.

Photo by Bernie Paquette