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“I am interested in painting as a visual language. As a former student of Vaclav Vytlacil at the Art Students League in NYC, I was trained to use abstraction as a means of expression. Throughout my career I have been exploring ways of using color, line, form, space, and rhythm to express what it is to be alive.
“My subject matter sometimes starts with plants and flowers. I am painting their movement and rhythm. That is what interests me most- the way they present themselves and their gallant enthusiasm for life. Different kinds of plants have different ways of moving. Some are voluptuous and unfold with care. Lilies on a single plant often reach out and caress each other as they bloom. Their leaves take up a circular movement and their berries form a musical counterpoint to the whole choreography. Quite amazing. By contrast, a zigzag cactus grows in spurts and jumps, and then reaches out in a big sweeping movement with its mature arms to find the sun. The cyclamen are extraordinary because their leaves undulate almost like waves, while their flowers – some like pinwheels – some like birds, fly in a group seeking their light.
“As a painter, with all of this going on in front of me, I try to capture this sensation with line, form and color. The challenge is to convert my means – charcoal, paint, and linen – into a visual language which will express my response to what I see. We are all dazzled by the beautiful colors in flowers, and the way their colors sometimes float on top of each other. By using, layered color and line, and variations of value, chroma and intervals, I seek to convey rhythm and movement.
“I often use a large scale even for plants that are in reality quite small. I do this because I want to take the viewer into their dance, to sense them physically, as if one is a participant in their seduction.
“The last fifty years, of abstract art have opened up new ways of creating a visual language. At this point I am working with abstraction and inspired by realism, always trying to capture a life force.”
Born, New Orleans, La
EDUCATION
Sarah Lawrence College, Junior year Abroad, Paris
Art Student’s League, NYC; Studied with Marshal Glasier, Vincent Malta, Vaclav Vytlacil, Knox Martin
American University, summer painting course, Washington, DC
Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
Vermont Studio Center
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006-8 TOAST Open Artist Studio Tour, Tribeca, NYC
1976 AAMES GALLERY, Soho NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 THE ELIZABETH V. SULLIVAN GALLERY Summer Exhibition,
Curated by Naomi Campbell, THE LEAGUE RESIDENCY AT VYT, Orangeburg, NY
2015 BELL-ANS CENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS,
Gallery opening, Anne Bell paintings, Tom Artin, Photography, Rockland County, NY
2014 BELL-ANS CENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS, Open Studios, Rockland County, NY
2012-15 THE CENTURY ASSOCIATION, Members Exhibition, NYC
2011 THE HOPPER HOUSE, Members Show, Nyack, NY
2008 CULTURAL CENTER, NYC
2007-8 ART GOTHAM, NYC
2007-8 SYNAGOGUE FOR THE ARTS, Curated by Veronica Nemic, NYC
2006 RIVER STONE ARTS, curated by Rachel Yarmolinsky, Haverstraw, NY
2005 JACKSON ART CENTER, Open Studios, Washington, DC
2003 THE ARTS CLUB OF WASHINGTON, Members Summer Exhibit, DC
1998 COVINGTON & BURLING, 2 person show, Washington,DC
1992 PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION and MUSEUM, Members Show, Mass.
1991 PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION and MUSEUM, curated by John Imber, Mass.
1983 JUST ABOVE MIDTOWN, “ART BIZ”, NYC
1974-77 AAMES GALLERY, Soho, NY
1972-3 ART STUDENT’S LEAGUE, Concours, Exhibit, NYC
1969 ROCKLAND FOUNDATION, NY
REVIEWS
1976 THE NEW YORK TIMES, by John Russell, Solo Show, Aames Gallery, Soho, NYC
1976 THE JOURNAL NEWS, by John Dalmus, “Soho Meets Artist From Grand View”
1969 THE JOURNAL NEWS, by Marietta Campbell, ROCKLAND FOUNDATION EXHIBIT
AWARDS
1979 New York City, C.A.P.S, semi finals , NY STATE FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
acceptance V.A.R.S File ( Visual Artist Registry of Slides)
1972 ART STUDENTS LEAGUE, Thelka Bernays Merit Scholarship
1972 ART STUDENTS LEAGUE, Concours, Exhibit Award