Landscape oil painter

 

“As you can see from my work I am fixated on land and sky.”  I translate those impressions into painted expressions with my oil paint.  I apply the paint with certainty of brush strokes to express the jaggedness and the strength of the land.   The southwest is a land of earthy colors of reds, and ochres against the blue sky.  There are times when I see the beauty of the land and I have to stop and begin painting on location to remember that scene and color.
I am always drawn to the irresistible forces that seem to bring me close to earth.  The more I experience the Southwest architecture and geology, the more I have to paint to express the beauty I see.

Education:
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA    B.F.A.

Awards and Shows:

July 2023                          Plein Air Painters of Colorado Show, Blumenchein Museum, Taos, NM
June 2023                        Plein Air Painters of New Mexico National Show, Santa Fe, NM
April 2023                        One Person Show, West of the Moon Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ
September 2021             Juried Plein Air Taos, NM, New Mexico Plein Air Painters
December 2020              One Person Show, Paula Estey Gallery, Newburyport, MA
June 2020                        One Person Show, West of the Moon Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ
May 2019                         Plein Air Painters of the Four Corners Juried Show, San Juan College,
Farmington, New Mexico
“Honorable Mention” Oil
May 2019                         Plein Air Painters of Arizona Juried Show, Scottsdale Artists’ School,

Scottsdale, Arizona
November 2018               Plein Air Painters of New Mexico National Show, Santa Fe, NM
“Honorable Mention” Oil
August 2108                    Guest Artist, Maynard Dixon Event, Mt. Carmel, Utah
April  2016                       Gateway Museum Show, Farmington, NM, Plein                                                                                                             Air Painters of the Four Corners
“Second Place”  Oil
April 2015                        Juried into the Gateway Museum Show, Farmington, NM,
Plein Air Painters of the Four Corners
June 2013                        Juried into the New Mexico Plein Air Event, Santa Fe, NM
June 2012                        Plein air Painters of the Four Corners, Mill Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
|                                        “Best of Show” Oil
Gallery Representation:

West of the Moon Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ
Desert Pearl Gallery, Jerome, AZ