The show which opens on Sunday April 2nd at the Avon Free Public Library, is about my creative journey through the last ten years. It is a reflection of how my art and the memories that lie beneath it have been altered by surviving cancer and living through the pandemic. This year I was at…
This small oil was painted over an older image. The surface texture carries the remains of the earlier work, and creates something I like to think of as the territory of the heart. We all carry scars both visible and hidden. This work reflects how the heart carries on working over uneven terrain. We all…
I have just completed a short writing course in creative non-fiction, offered through the President’s College at the University of Hartford. It was a wonderful experience, although it reminded me of how much I will never have time to know. The readings were stimulating, and so different from anything I have read before. They stirred…
Some of you know that I have started posting my fine art images on a website called Fine Art America. But, on the recommendation of a dear friend I have decided to post some of the drawings that have been posted on this site as well. The response has been great, and I am in…
Today, February 4th, is World Cancer Day. In recognition I am posting this image of a new piece from my studio. Titled “Hearts and Flowers” it is a celebration of recovery and survivorship. And a thank you for all those that have gone before. Please pay attention and get regular checkups and screenings.
I’ve been thinking for some time that I would like to have a web site devoted to writing, and sharing my drawings and toons and sketches. I really enjoy writing about what is happening in and about my studio, and will continue to send out the NOTES FROM THE STUDIO emails. But I am also…
Welcome to my new web site. I am looking forward to posting all sorts of writing pieces. Some will be short, and some long. Some may be thought provoking and some just rather random and inane. With all of them I will post some form of original image as an exercise in … I don’t…