Born in 1942, my parents worked for the war effort. I spent these years with my aunt who was a professional painter. She started me on the path at age 6. I have been painting ever since with pauses during college, the Marine Corps and a couple of professorships in Vermont during the sixties. I gave up this career at age 30 and returned to my passion. I have had galleries in California, Vermont, Budapest and most recently in Almeria, Spain. I have had numerous exhibitions and commissions over the years. I dislike trying to explain paintings and what they mean. I am self-taught and proud of it.
My paintings are abstract, energetic and colorful. There is little cognition involved save color choice and composition. The paint takes me where it wants to go. Recently I have been using liquid acrylics on canvas and wood panels and then adding airbrush paint and tempera which has created some exciting passages. I want people to connect viscerally to my work and I encourage close-up observation of the surfaces.
