Artist's Statement

My current work focuses on my lifelong love for the coast. I am exploring the light, colors, organic rhythms and natural forms found along the Eastern Coast. I use the palette knife to express the wild beauty of the Jersey Shore, Cape Ann, Cape Cod, and the coast of Maine. 

 As a Bucks County Artist, I am inspired by the New Hope School of the Pennsylvania Impressionists; their colorful and lively, expressive brushstrokes.  I am especially fond of the light, colors and seascapes of the Jersey Shore, Cape Cod, Cape Ann and coastal Maine.

I am equally inspired by the Abstract Expressionists and their technique of action painting with the subject matter coming intuitively and spontaneously from within. Joan Mitchell, Lee Krasner, and Wassily Kandinsky's vibrant and spirited paintings are a strong influence on my work.

As a Painter, I do not believe in limits or in limiting myself or my work. For me, painting is about being free. I am drawn to the wild places still found along the rivers and coasts. My wish is to preserve these places in my paintings.  My journey as an artist has found a home in the patterns of the wild dunes, colorful marshes, rocky coasts and stormy seas.