My oil paintings focus on animals. Animals bring me a heightened sense of the wonder and mystery of the world we live in. I am moved not only by their physical grace and beauty but by their intelligence, character, and interactions with each other and the environment. By painting animals in their lives, I depict a part of the interrelationship of all life.

With pastels I have been exploring the world of plants as well as animals. I find many of the same qualities in them that I observe in animals. My work in both mediums is figurative and narrative, based on specific animals and plants that I have observed and photographed. I am particularly interested in the formal elements of color and composition and how they can be used to communicate my love and respect for the natural world.

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Windham Art Gallery, Brattleboro, Vermont.
Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont.

EDUCATION
1980 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honors, Rhode Island School of Design

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