International Artist – August-September 2019

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Current Events, oil, 20 x 16" (51 x 41 cm)

This piece, depicting a New York City street scene, was awarded the Silver Medal at the 2015 Oil Painters of America exhibition hosted by the Salmagundi

Club in New York City. I always set a goal or multiple goals before beginning a new painting. My goal with this piece was to simplify a very busy scene and

“abstract” out the background so that it supports but doesn’t compete with the focal point, which is the person standing at the newsstand.

Oil Demonstration

 is  exibility is exciting to me, and in
return, I believe my work portrays that
excitement and energy.
Painting in my loose, impressionist
style hasn’t come easy for me. My early
career as an architect and my strict,
technical training resulted in my early
paintings being tightly rendered and

extremely precise. In those early days,

in my mind and in my heart, I was an

impressionist. But in my ability,

I was a very “tight” painter.  rough

years of dedication, experimentation,

perseverance and hard work, I feel

I have started to hit my groove and

I am enjoying the process of painting

more and more each day. But I am never

satis ed with past successes and have big

plans for future projects using di erent

mediums and perhaps trying my hand

at sculpting. I must continue to push

the limits in an e ort to keep my work

“fresh” and interesting for both myself

and my collectors.