ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I've been producing art since childhood and still feel that childlike excitement when I'm creating. The first thing I do every morning is evaluate my current pieces; and my inability to stay away continues all day even when I'm not painting. My art makes me feel alive and young at heart and reflects all of my past experiences now expressed with a personal color palette. As I mature and expand into new media, I continue to fully explore the depths of my creativity, recognizing that, like all of us, I'm in a losing race against the clock.
BIOGRAPHY
My art has gotten to where it is through a strange path. After graduating from Phila. College of Art in 1963 as a Fabric Designer I did large woven wallhangings for 30 years. It was weaving that taught me about color and how it changed by being intertwined with other colors or surrounded by different colors. It became a life long search for a personal palette of color. After injuring my shoulders from years of weaving I worked in paper construction which consisted of colored paper collages that I covered with designs and cut apart and wove together differently. Through this I continued developing my self as a colorist and still hung onto my weaving. About 10 years ago I took classes at Main Line Art Center starting with colored pencils to get back to drawing while using the lines and layering of color to further my use of color. Then I took up pastel, oil pastel and acrylic/mixed medium which brought it all together, the drawing and the personal palette of color that developed from my weaving and now continues in the paintings I am creating today.
Creating art has never been as exciting as it is now and I hope it lasts a lifetime.
I've been producing art since childhood and still feel that childlike excitement when I'm creating. The first thing I do every morning is evaluate my current pieces; and my inability to stay away continues all day even when I'm not painting. My art makes me feel alive and young at heart and reflects all of my past experiences now expressed with a personal color palette. As I mature and expand into new media, I continue to fully explore the depths of my creativity, recognizing that, like all of us, I'm in a losing race against the clock.
BIOGRAPHY
My art has gotten to where it is through a strange path. After graduating from Phila. College of Art in 1963 as a Fabric Designer I did large woven wallhangings for 30 years. It was weaving that taught me about color and how it changed by being intertwined with other colors or surrounded by different colors. It became a life long search for a personal palette of color. After injuring my shoulders from years of weaving I worked in paper construction which consisted of colored paper collages that I covered with designs and cut apart and wove together differently. Through this I continued developing my self as a colorist and still hung onto my weaving. About 10 years ago I took classes at Main Line Art Center starting with colored pencils to get back to drawing while using the lines and layering of color to further my use of color. Then I took up pastel, oil pastel and acrylic/mixed medium which brought it all together, the drawing and the personal palette of color that developed from my weaving and now continues in the paintings I am creating today.
Creating art has never been as exciting as it is now and I hope it lasts a lifetime.
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