My Background? Jersey. Went to Rutgers and lucked out to be taught art by Leon Golub. He taught me how to stretch a canvas, which is pretty ironic since he would staple his canvas’s to the wall and paint. No stretchers needed. I also lucked out to learn from Lloyd McNeil. He is mostly known for his Jazz flute but in those days taught figu
My Background? Jersey. Went to Rutgers and lucked out to be taught art by Leon Golub. He taught me how to stretch a canvas, which is pretty ironic since he would staple his canvas’s to the wall and paint. No stretchers needed. I also lucked out to learn from Lloyd McNeil. He is mostly known for his Jazz flute but in those days taught figure drawing at R.U. He had the great luck of meeting and palling around with Picasso! Every class I had with him would devolve into his stories of Picasso, with no one caring a bit about figure drawing. Got married as a child (still in love with her) Moved to California and more learning at Cal Arts and Art Center College of Design. Had a daughter (she’s now an adult and
I still love and like her a bunch). Worked in advertising for years until we both realized we were imposters in each others lives. Moved to the Bay Area, was picked up by a gallery and they sold my paintings on a regular basis. I juried in to the Artists Guild San Francisco. They have a contract to show in some iconic parks in the city each weekend. I started selling my work each weekend in Union Square and in front of the DeYoung Art Museum. Until recently I was on the Board of Directors and was out there selling my wares each weekend. I have come full circle and am back in a little river town in Jersey near family!
I take maps of the places I’ve been and use them as my canvas. The maps are gel bonded to a wood art panel and I then paint a scene of that place on the map. I paint in a thick impasto style using a pallet knife technique. Instead of a pallet knife as a paintbrush I use some found object from that place as a paintbrush. My paintbrushes have been everything from a clam shell to a Paris Metro Card.
Seeing a place with fresh eyes, whether that’s a new place or one I have been before. Listening, smelling, feeling and truly seeing a place.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Show
Philadelphia - 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Covered Bridge Artisans Studio Tour
Stockton, NJ - 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Trenton Art Museum at Ellerslie
Trenton, NJ - 2022
Prallsville Mill
Stockton, NJ - 2020
Artists Guild of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA - 2012 - 2019
Quiet Life Gallery
Lambertville, NJ - 2010 - 2017
Google Gallery
San Francisco 2015, 2017, 2019
Taylor Blue
Berkeley, CA - 2014
Arc Gallery
San Francisco, CA - 2014
Market & Sanchez Gallery
San Francisco, CA - 2014
California Bar Association
San Francisco, CA - 2014
Sandra Lee Gallery
San Francisco, CA - 2009
Geyserville Arts Gallery
Geyserville, Sonoma, CA - 2009
Greenberg Studios
San Francisco, CA - 2007, 2008, 2009
Tate & Kennedy
San Francisco, CA- 2006, 2007
Trios Gallery
San Diego, CA- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
West Edge Gallery
San Clemente, CA - 2005
San Clemente City Gallery
San Clemente, CA - 2003
Salon Gallery
Dana Point, CA – 1999
Gallery 57
Fullerton, CA - 1991, 1992
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Google
Sunnyvale, CA - 2019
Mountain View, CA - 2018
Quiet Life Gallery
Lambertville, NJ – 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
Vintage Berkeley
Berkeley, CA – 2010
J. Hettinger
Danville, CA - 2009
Tate & Kennedy
San Francisco, CA - 2006, 2007
Greenberg Studios
San Francisco, CA - 2007
West Edge Gallery
San Clemente, CA - 2005
Vine
San Clemente, CA - 2004
EDUCATION
Art Center College of Design 1983-1984
California Institute of the Arts 1981-1983
Studied under Lou Danziger, John Van Hamersveld
Mason Gross School of the Arts - Rutgers University 1976-1980
Studied under Leon Golub, Lloyd McNeil
B.A. Art
Rutgers University 1976-1980
B.A. Psychology
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