I am a lifelong resident of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. I was born in 1957 and attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York as an illustration major. Deciding I liked the fine art aspect more, I settled on pastels as a medium because I was tired of carrying wet canvases across campus. Sewaren is the subject of some of my paintings. I like to call them industrial landscapes.
Realizing it was unlikely that I could sustain a living as a painter, I left Pratt to work at a retail frame shop and gallery, just to be around art. I painted recreationally and was occasionally commissioned. I always liked the challenges that pastels presented and enjoyed the ability to leave a painting for extended periods. I painted for a few years until family and work took control of my life, so I put away the pastels for about 28 years.
About 2013, I filled my spare time at open mics where I met Steve Beal. In conversation, I learned that Steve also attended Pratt about the same time. We were talking and revealed that I also attending Pratt. I said to Steve “Yeah, I used to paint!” to which he replied, “Used to?”; “you either paint or you don’t, there’s no “used to!””. The following week, Steve gifted me a brush and three 2” x 2” canvases and said; “Here you go, start small!”
A month later, I dusted off the old pastels, and painted “The Guitarist”, hanging here. (Steve is “The Guitarist”) I continued to paint ever since and hope to do so into retirement.
I’m available for commission work. All images are available in high resolution gicglee prints, printed on Fine 100% Rag paper, suitable for framing. Some of these are originals and available for sale.
