Artist Statement

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I started making art in the early 1960s using my mother’s paint-by-number colors. During the 1970s, after studying art and art history, I made large paintings of color fields and grids. Color was the subject of my art. By the end of the decade I gradually felt the desire to depict objects, places and figures.

I also started to use the camera as a tool to record visual interests. Both with my painting and photography I strive to integrate and exploit the formal qualities of spatial description, color, patterning and compositional structure that I applied to abstract art.

Currently my painting is a dialog with what I see in my environment. The painting subjects have included landscapes close to where I reside and depictions of family members and activities.

My photography has birthed three unique projects. A series of reflection photographs recorded through urban glass shot at an angle. The images are a result of the reflection, refraction and light diffraction. The bending of light combines views of interior spaces with a reversed mirrored repositioned external environment. Three years ago I started recording a series of non-urban, non-suburban Pennsylvania photographs. This project is an attempt through image reportage to explore the narrative of cultural splintering. For the last eight years I’ve been documenting Lancaster Avenue and SEPTA’s Number 10 Trolley viewed as a habitat, a place to shop and a transportation artery.

It’s important for me to spend time looking at historical and contemporary art thinking about how it relates to my art practice.

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Artist Biography

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I studied painting and art history at Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art (University of the Arts) and the University of Pennsylvania. In the 70s I was a founding member of Bricolage, a performing art collective and Wilma Theater. For twenty years I designed media for numerous theater and dance performances. My media design work lead to a growing interest in photography. During the 80s I started to exhibit photography. For the last 40 years I exhibited painting and photography. In 1990 I was fortunate to receive a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship

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Education

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1974 - 1975
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

1973
Philadelphia College of Art
Philadelphia, PA

1970 - 1972
Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

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Continuing Education

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University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA

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Awards & Honors

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2019
PHOTOGRAPHY 2019, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Honorable Mention Award

2017
PHOTOGRAPHY 2017, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2nd Place Award

Open Lens III, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Honorable Mention Award

2016
Open Lens II, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1st Place Award

2015
PHOTOGRAPHY 2015, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Honorable Mention Award

Something Cool, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2nd Place Award

2014
Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Director's Award

1994
Juried Work on Paper Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Wohl Award

1992
Juried Art Exhibition, William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, PA
1st Place Award

1991
Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Honorable Mention Award

1985
Community College of Philadelphia Photography Department Competition and Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
1st Place Award

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Fellowships

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1990
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Visual Arts Fellowship

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Professional Experience

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Media and Theater Design

Founding Member of Bricolage Theater, Collaboratory Theater, and Wilma Theater

Designed and produced media for numerous theater and dance performance groups

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Lectures & Talks

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1989
"Hand-Colored Photographs: History and Techniques"
Lecture at Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA

Exhibitions

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2024
The Figure: Portraiture and Narrative, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

82nd Woodmere Annual Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Photographic Society of Philadelphia 162nd Exhibition, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA

12th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA
First Place Award

2024 Works on Paper Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2nd Place Award

2024 Works on Paper, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
3rd Place Award

PHOTOgraphy 2024, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2nd Place Award

160th Exhibition of Small Oil Painting, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

2023
‍An American Family, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibition

161st Exhibition, Photographic Society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

11th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2023 Works on Paper Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

PHOTOgraphy 2023, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

159th Exhibition of Small Oil Painting, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

2022
HOPE - things will probably be okay, Media Arts Council’s Exhibit, Media, PA

10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA

PHOTOgraphy 2022, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Art of the Flower Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

158th Exhibition of Small Oil Painting, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Germantown Photo Show II, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Through the Grid, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Inventional Exhibition

2021
Two by Two, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Art of the State 2021, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

PHOTOgraphy 2021, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

9th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Best in Show Award for Painting

Graphic Content, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Summer Juried Show 2021, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA

2021 Works on Paper Online Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Best in Show Award

2020
Philly’s Freedom: Artist Speak Out Exhibition, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Patterning Nature Exhibitions, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Featuring art by Linda Dubin Garfield, Gary Grissom and Jessica Demcsak

157th Exhibition of Small Oil Painting Online Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Honorable Mention Award

Art of the Flower Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
First Place Award  

Germantown Photo Show, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Works on Paper, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Artist Reader, Writer II, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

2019
‍New 3, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

PHOTOgraphy 2019, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Visual Democracy, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

Being There: Black & White, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

156th Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Professional Artist Members Exhibition, Mainline Arts Center, Haverford, PA

Lens on Latin America, International House Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Two-person exhibit with Sunjeon Grissom, Da Vinci Art Alliance @ Atria Senior Living, Philadelphia, PA

2018
‍Works on Paper, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

Constructing a Body, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Summer of Love, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

PHOTOgraphy 2018, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Motion Pictured, International House Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Rocky (RE) Run, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

155th Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Looking Forward, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

Open Lens IV, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
Juried Exhibition

Personally Speaking, International House Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Solo Exhibition, Welcome Gallery, Mainline Arts Center, Haverford, PA

Professional Artist Members Exhibition, Mainline Arts Center, Haverford, PA

2017
404, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

PHOTOgraphy 2017, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Second Place Award

Spring Gala Exhibition 2017, Mainline Arts Center, Haverford, PA

154th Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Open Lens III, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition, Honorary Mention Award  

Professional Artist Members Exhibition, Mainline Arts Center, Haverford, PA

2016 A Second Language, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

PHOTOgraphy 2016, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Spring Gala Exhibition 2016, Mainline Arts Center, Haverford, PA

153rd Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

A Celebration of Color, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

Open Lens II, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
Juried Exhibition, First Place Award, Photography

Professional Artist Members Exhibition, Mainline Arts Center, Haverford, PA

2015
Art Department’s 50th Year Exhibition, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Eyes Wide Open, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA

PHOTOgraphy 2015, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Honorable Mention Award

Something Cool, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2nd Place Painting Award

6th Annual Contemporary Photography Exhibition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA

152 Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Collaboration Exhibition, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA

Open Lens, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

2014
Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
Director’s Award

You Are What You Eat, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

Some Like It Hot, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

1995
Photography, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

1994
Images of the Family, Laurie W. and Irvin J. Borowsky Gallery at the YMHA, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational Exhibition

Juried Work on Paper Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Wohl Award Recipient for Photograph

Painting, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Photography, Convergence Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Photo Work ‘94, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

1993
Photography, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

1992
Juried Art Exhibition, William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, PA
First Place Award

Works on Paper, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Juried Exhibition

Annual Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA

1991
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Visual Arts Fellows Touring Exhibition
Locations: Johnston Art Museum, Blair Art Museum, University Art Gallery of the University of Pittsburgh, Everhart Museum, Bruce Gallery of Edinboro University of PA, Westminister College, and University of the Arts‍

Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
Honorable Mention Award

1990
62rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA

1989
Hand-Colored Photographs: History and Techniques, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
Invitational Photography Exhibition and Illustrated Lecture

1988
Photoart ‘88, Deming Center for the Arts, Deming, NM

Painting and Photography, Tripoli Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

60th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA

1987
Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA

1985
Photography Department Competition and Exhibition, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
1st Place Award

1982
Paintings and Photographs, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational Exhibition

1976
Group Show, Old City Art, Philadelphia, PA

1975
Group Show, Old City Art, Philadelphia, PA