Country: United States of America (the)
About me
Why Watercolor?
I’ve chosen watercolor for its gestural quality, capriciousness, and spontaneity. Watercolor allows me to quickly suggest the main shapes with loose washes. Then a few well placed marks with a flicker of a brush tip conjure the illusion of detail, without actually painting all those details and leads the eye to recognize familiar objects. So the viewer “sees” things that aren’t really there. It allows them to participate in the painting as they decipher the marks and interpret the scene. This approach requires me to work quickly which has its risks; risks I’m willing to take to realize watercolor’s potential.
My Work Process
One of the most important aspects of my art practice is the mental preparation that I’m doing all the time. I’m always observing my surroundings and imagining how I might translate them into a language of pigment and paper, so that someone else might see what I see. Sometimes a scene serves up a ready painting idea and I just have to put it down on paper. More often ideas come from something less complete; a glimpse of atmospheric effects, the way sunlight lands on a surface, or an element in a landscape.
Memberships:
- Salmagundi Club of New York (SCNY), Elected Artist Member
- Transparent Watercolor Society of America (TWSA), Signature Member
- Watercolor USA Honor Society (WHS), Signature Member
- Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS), Signature Member
- Pennsylvania Watercolor Society (PWS), Signature Member, Sylvan Grouse Guild Medal
- Philadelphia Watercolor Society (PWCS), Signature Member
- Whisky Painters of America, Signature Member
