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Fine Art, Analog and Digital Collage, Photography


NEWS


My present endeavor is to master digital collage.

Using point and shoot photography, the intent is to 

combine imagery of nature inspired by the rhythms

of music. Color will attempt to interpret sound and

form will be a compliment, varying according to the

elements originally found in the environment.

Picture
"Shadow Talk", 11 x 8.5 in., photograph, 2014.

Picture
"Emergence", 8 x 10 in., photograph, 2014.

The point and shoot camera continues to offer

challenges, obliging the artist to be severely critical

with the "compositional eye." The simple camera

forces one to be highly selective with shots taken

- studying form becomes evermore pivotal.

Picture
Study for "Four Freedoms" exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum, photo collage.

Picture
"Subtle Evocation", 8 x 10 in., photograph, 2014.

Picture
"Death Card" study in a reinterpretation of the famous Arthur Waite tarot deck, 2019.

Picture
"Freedom of Religion, Freedom to Believe" a study for the "Four Freedoms" traveling exhibition (20 x 24 in., photo collage, 2018).

FOUR FREEDOMS

The study above, "Freedom of Religion,

Freedom to Believe", wishes to

challenge the viewer into considering

what is the contemporary role of faith

and religion in the 21st century. It is a

modern reinterpretation of American

illustrator, Norman Rockwell's Post

cover - "Freedom of Religion." Within

the aforementioned piece, Rockwell

places the statement -"Each according

to the dictates of his own conscience." I

too aim to provoke thought in the

viewer . . . I leave to his or her gaze the

quote: "Faith is the tolerance required,

compassion the key."

Picture
"Here and There", 14 x 11 in., photograph, 2020.

Picture
"Impression Rhododendron", 8x 10 in., photo collage, 2021.

Picture
"Rose Unfolding", 8 x 10 in., photography digitally manipulated, 2021.
EXHIBITIONS


CAMBRIDGE ART ASSOCIATION 2022

NATIONAL PRIZE SHOW


Soon to be on view at the Cambridge Art 

Association's Kathryn Schultz Gallery is the

2022 National Prize Show.
Over 900 works

were submitted for the show and 77 were

selected. The noted show was open themed and

intends to showcase emerging artists. Works

range from mixed media to photography and will

be presented at the Schultz Gallery in two parts;

Show 1 will run from May 31 - June 25, 2022.

Show 2 will extend from July 5 - 30, 2022. An

Opening Reception will be held online on June

3, 2022 between 6;30 and 8:00 pm. 


Included in this national exhibit are two works by 

this artist, "The Revisitation of Flora" and 

"Becoming" - both are photo constructs and 

presented as archival pigment prints.  The 

former work, seen below, is a contemporary 

interpretation of the myth of Flora, goddess of

flowers. 

Picture
"The Revisitation of Flora", 14 x 11 in., photo construct, archival pigment print, 2022.
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THE THING WITH FEATHERS GROUP 

EXHIBITION


Running from April 15 through May 21, 2022 is

the show "The Thing with Feathers." Held at the 

AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H., it is

inspired by the theme of "Hope" as expressed in

Emily Dickinson's poem "Hope is the thing with 

Feathers." Submitting artists were asked to 

contemplate upon what lights or lifts them up;

nineteen creators are represented in the noted 

exhibit, which was produced in collaboration

with West Central Behavioral Health and

intended to honor Mental Health Awareness. An

artist's reception will be held on Saturday, May

​4th, 2022 between 3 and 5 pm. 
The work

below, "Mind Balance, Alpha Waves" (in the

aforementioned show), wishes to celebrate the

manner in which contemplating

nature heals the human mind and spirit. A digital,

photo collage, its vibrant colors and textural 

​variances strive to capture the viewer's

scrutinizing gaze. 

Picture
"Mind Balance, Alpha Waves", 14 x 11 in., digital photo collage, 2022.

AWAKENING EXHIBIT 

To be on show from March 2 to March 27. 2022

is the exhibit Awakening at the Robert Lincoln 

Levy Gallery in Portsmouth, N.H. The theme, of

the noted display of art, centers upon the 

reawakening of life after the quietude of winter;

artists were encouraged to explore the "rebirth"

of existence in both their inner world and the

natural environment. Works range in medium 

from photography to traditional painting and are

sure to inspire. One of this creator's works "The

Awakening of Spirit"
(see below), a digital, photo

collage, is in the aforementioned show; it speaks

​of the nascent life and its inherent

exhuberance during the Spring season.

Picture
"The Awakening of Spirit", 8 x 10 in., digital, photo collage, 2022.

ARDOR

To be on display between February 2 - 27, 2022

is the regional exhibit "Ardor", held at the

Bromfield Gallery in Boston, MA. The show is 

dedicated to those experiences or things which 

express the participating artists' ardor or

passion, whether revealed in the vividness of a

color or in the zeal for a given object or situation.

Bromfield Gallery will hold an opening reception

on Friday, February 11th, between 6 and 8pm. 


"Harmonies" is this artist's work in the noted 

exhibit; a digital, photo collage, it celebrates the 

artist's passion for balance, whether in the

form of a visual composition or in the sensation 

of a spiritual state.

Picture
"Harmonies", c. 9 x 10 in., digital photo collage, 2022.

Picture
"Love, Righteous Memory", 8.5 x 11 in., digital photo collage, 2017.

ON THE EDGE

Soon to be on view at the Museum of Art,

University of New Hampshire, Paul Creative Arts

Center, Durham, N.H
.
, is "On the Edge." This

show, extending from January 24, 2022 - April 2,

2022
, is dedicated to the theme of things on the

margin, the fringe, outsider vs. insider; it can be

formal or conceptual. The entire exhibit is

comprised of drawings in media ranging from

​markers, to traditional graphite, to

digital, among other techniques. Drawings will

be hung salon style, without a frame . . . the all 

should result a fascinating look into an 

interesting concept. Included in the noted exhibit

is the piece, "Mutation"; a work rendered in black

marker, the drawing alludes to the dangers of 

genetic splicing, the fusion of plant and animal 

DNA and its moral implications.

Picture
"Mutation", 9 x 12 in., drawing, medium: marker. 2021.

INSPIRATION


Creating art requires a good deal of effort and

an ounce of that intangible, inspiration. It is for

this reason that the artist must consistently

refuel his or her psychological or emotional gas

tank. He or she must take time away, a break,

from the process of art production, to "imbibe"

more external imagery (visual nourishment), as

well as ideas.




The process of artistic growth is a constant one,

with the "creator" steadily weighing

information and external stimuli. Producing art

is a perennial judging of factors and meanings -

i.e. color, line, form, light, etc.- with symbolism

often shifting as the work progresses. Thus, I

would encourage one to dip one's feet into the

other cultural arts - writing, theatre, dance.

music. Excursions into the territory of these art

forms rewires the brain, invariably stimulating

other senses and abilities.




One discovers new ground in exploring other

visual and performing arts. A fresh light is often

shed on given ideas or concepts, and with a

different viewpoint comes a new,

revitalizing approach to realizing or finishing a

work.






"Don't judge each day by the harvest you

reap but by the seeds that you plant."


Robert Louis Stevenson







"Art washes away from the soul the dust of

everyday life."


Pablo Picasso







"It is not enough to know your craft - you

have to have feeling. Science is all very well,

but for us imagination is worth far more."

Eduard Manet







"No one is an artist unless he carries his picture

in his head before painting it, and is sure of his

method and composition."

Claude Monet

Picture
"in the Light", 10 x 8 in., photography 2020.

Picture
Snap and shoot photo. "Haiku moment", 8 x 10 in., 2020.

Picture
"Memento Mori, In the Name of Freedom", 11 x 8.5 in., photo montage, 2017.

Picture
"Kisses in the Dark", title of a poetry book. It results a study in publication design. The cover wishes to draw the reader in with a sense of the evocative and entranced.

PUBLICATION DESIGN

Book Cover Design is one of the more

inspirational forms of design within the

illustrator's or designer's fields of

endeavor. The ideal, of course, would

be to have a synopsis of the book's

narrative as a launching point for the

cover's actual ideation. Book cover

design IS a visual challenge - as can be

​imagined - loaded with symbolism. But all begins

with a first sketch, which filters out one's initial

ideas. Certainly, a myriad of studies ensue from

the first conceptual drawing; for the above cover,

"Kisses in the Dark", love poetry was the

launching point. One is compelled to visually

state that the theme of love itself is not always

focused on passion, happiness or predestination,

​but also regret and loss.

Picture
"Hydrangea Blur", 14 x 11 in., photograph, 2020.

Picture
"Rapture", c. 8.5 x 11 in., digital photo collage, 2022.

Picture
"Illumination Reconstructed", 11 x 14 in., digital photo collage, 2022.

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