As a 10 year old, I took private watercolor lessons. The first year was great, but I struggled the second and lost interest. The problem turned out to be nearsightedness, which remained undiagnosed for a number of years. By the time I was outfitted with glasses, I was on my way to a career in science. For thirty years, I taught medical students how their lungs function and did research in pulmonary physiology and pathophysiology at the Northeastern Ohio Medical University. Some fifty years after my first lessons, my wife Dawn and artist Joye Moon, convinced me to pick up a paintbrush again. Along the way, I have been privileged to learn from Dawn, Joye, Judith Kinsman, Dennis Rafferty, Guy Corriero, Russel Whitten, Susan Roux, and Dan Graziano.
I paint in oil, acrylic, and watercolor and have been told that my style is precise and yet a little bit abstract. When painting with oil, I am partial to painting alla prima. Living in Maine, I have been interested in depicting the lobstermen and women whom I encounter along the southern Maine coast. I was initially attracted by their colorful gear (e.g., orange overalls, blue bait barrels, yellow, blue, and green lobstertraps, and buoys of every imaginable color combination). More recently, this interest has morphed into a desire to document a way of life that is under stress from global warming and a progressive loss of working waterfront and is in danger of disappearing. I find that I am drawn to art that gives me a glimpse of what life was like in the past. I strive to do the same for those viewing in the future.
Memberships:
Art Guild of the Kennebunks
Juried shows:
2011 - Irvine Art Gallery, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk, ME, Maine Art Scene Show
2011 - Rockport Art Association, Rockport, MA, New England Artists Show
2012 - Maine Art Scene 3rd Annual Artist Showcase
2012 - Irvine Art Gallery, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk, ME, Surf and Turf Show
2012 - Miami Watercolor Society 2nd Annual Online Show
2012 - Third Annual Fall Yarmouth Art Festival, Yarmouth, ME
2013 - Irvine Art Gallery, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk, ME, Surf and Turf Show
2014 - Third Annual Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition, Waitsfield, VT
2014 - New England Watercolor Society 14th Biennial North American Open Show, Plymouth, MA
2014 - Fifth Annual Fall Yarmouth Art Festival, Yarmouth, ME
2015 - Orcas Island Birdfest, Eastsound, WA, All Things Birds and Beautiful Show
2015 - The Port Gallery, Kennebunkport, ME, Spring Fling Show
2016 - New England Watercolor Society 15th Biennial North American Open Show, Gloucester, MA
2017 - Seventh Annual Fall Yarmouth Art Festival, Yarmouth, ME
2018 - University of Southern Maine, Lewiston, ME, Industrial Maine: Our Other Landscape Exhibition.
2018 - Roux and Cyr Gallery, Portland, ME, Capturing Light Exhibition
2018 - Eighth Annual Fall Yarmouth Art Festival, Yarmouth, ME
2018 - New England Watercolor Society 16th Biennial North American Open Show, Duxbury, MA
2019 - UMVA Gallery, Portland, ME, The Way Life Is - Maine Working Families and Communities Exhibition
2019 - Ninth Annual Fall Yarmouth Art Festival, Yarmouth, ME
2019 - Light, Space and Time Online Gallery 9th annual Seascapes online show
2020 - Light, Space and Time Online Gallery 10th Annual Figurative online show
2020 - Rockport Art Association, Rockport, MA, 3rd Grassroots: Emerging Artists Show
2020 - Tenth Annual Fall Yarmouth Art Festival, Yarmouth, ME
2021 - Eleventh Annual Fall Yarmouth Art Festival, Yarmouth, ME
2021 - Rockport Art Association and Museum National Art Exhibition, Rockport, MA
2022 - Artists' Guild of Anna Marie Island, FL, Art Unites Us, 13th Annual Fine Arts Online Exhibition
2022 - Light, Space and Time Online Gallery 12th annual Figurative online show
2022 - Wright Gallery 3-person (with Todd Bonita and Dennis Poirier) show, Cape Porpoise, a Working Harbor, Cape Porpoise, ME
2023 - Light, Space and Time Online Gallery 13th annual Figurative online show
2023 - Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME, Working Maine Exhibition
Awards:
2015 - American Art Awards, 4th place, Watercolor, Human Figure
2016 - Art Guild of the Kennebunks August Show, Best of Show Award
2018 - Art Guild of the Kennebunks Award Show, 1st Place, Acrylics
2020 - One of four winners of Light, Space and Time Online Gallery Solo Art Series Show
2020 - American Art Awards, 6th place tie, Oil, Human Figure
2021 - American Art Awards, 6th place tie, Oil, Human Figure
2022 - Light, Space and Time Online Gallery 12th annual Figurative Online show, 7th Place, Overall Winning Artists Category and 4th Place, Painting and Other Media
2023 - Light, Space and Time Online Gallery 13th annual Figurative Online show, Special Merit Award
Gallery Representation:
The Wright Gallery, 5 Pier Road, Cape Porpoise, ME, (207) 967-5053
De' Bramble Gallery, 16 Middle Street, Freeport, ME, (510) 717-8427