Louisville, OH
I am trained in several fields of science and in the arts. I have worked as a teacher, a medical specialist, a marine biology instructor, and I have also worked for several years as a professional painter. Patterns in nature, physical processes, and the great abstract painters of the past have all helped spark my creativity. I create bold, colorful, heavily-textured mixed media abstract paintings. My central theme considers science and patterns in nature as backdrops upon which my paintings are created. Physical processes such as melting, solution, crystallization, fluidity, outer space nebulae, microscopic images, and various organic patterns are all used as inspirations for my paintings. My paintings are made with acrylic paint, modeling paste, heavy gesso, pieces of handmade paper, metal foils, pieces of metal, various found objects, such as minerals and semiprecious stones, keys, gears, etc. All of these provide texture and interest to my paintings. The paintings are on canvas, illustration board, or heavy watercolor paper. They are each a one-of-a-kind original creation. I do not make copies or prints of my work. With the colors I choose and the textures I create, my paintings often reflect not what I see but what I think, how I feel, and what music is playing in my studio or in my head. My art is an abstract reflection of what is within me, what is around me, and the art of how my mind deals with the external influences of both the real and the imagined. I am a painter, a scientist, a romantic, an expressionist, but most of all, I am an artist. I live in the hope that what I paint conveys inspiration, harmony and balance. I also hope that when viewing my paintings, one can experience the emotion and music of the creative process, validate my view, and have an enjoyable visual experience.
