Artist Statement:
My paintings are constructed with a wood pane/base, after which I apply a gesso soaked paper screeted on like you were hanging wallpaper. The gesso acts as a glue to affix the paper to the panel and to keep the surface PH neutral or archival. when the paper is dry to touch, I begin to work charcoal or other forms of graphite into the gessoed surface. The silver paint that you see in some of my finished paintings is my idea of graphite in much larger quantities. The next step is applying varying thicknesses of oil paint. Sometimes thinned with turpentine other times thick and applied with a putty knife. Most paintings are also infused with paper put on with gesso; this allows me to accentuate certain movements within the painting. (i.e. vertical or horizontal) The final surface in some areas consists of thicker oil paint and oil sticks suffused with #4 or #2 pencils.
Exhibits
2019
Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, Art Collectors Maine, Portland, ME
2018
Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, Art Collectors Maine, Portland, ME
2017
Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, Art Collectors Maine, Portland, ME
2016
Drift Gallery, Nahcotta, Art Collectors Maine
2015
Nahcotta Gallery, Art Collectors Maine
2014
Drift Gallery, Nahcotta Gallery
2013
Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2012
Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2011
Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2010
Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2009
Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2008
Nahcotta Gallery, The Art Gallery, Paul Creative Arts Gallery
2007
Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH BLT Gallery, New York City
2006
Nahcotta Gallery, ,CG Gallery LTD. Princeton, New Jersey
2005
Mach B. Gallery, Sarasota, FL; Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH; CG Gallery, Ltd. Princeton, NJ; The Art Gallery, Paul Creative Arts Center; Durham, NH
2004
Kittery Art Association, Group Show, Nahcotta Gallery, Group Show, Portsmouth, NH; June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME; CG Gallery, Ltd., Princeton, NJ; Collidge Center for the Arts, Portsmouth, NH; Work on Paper, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2003
Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH; CG Gallery, Ltd., Princeton, NJ; Collidge Center for the Arts, Portsmouth, NH; Nahcotta Gallery, Summer Group Show, University of New England, Biddeford, ME
2002
June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME; Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH; Ogunquit Arts Collaborative, Ogunquit, ME; Lassonde Exhibition, NH Art Association, Portsmouth, NH; The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH; NH Art Association 54th Annual Exhibition, Prescott Park Art Festival, Portsmough, NH
2001
June Fitzpatrick Gallery, POrtland, ME; Fine Arts Silent Auction, The Shul of New York Hanukkah Fistival, NY, NY; Prescott Park kArt Festival, Portsmouth NH; NH (Honorable Mention) Art Fest, Durham, NH; (Third Place) George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
2000
June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME; Prescott Park Arts Festival, Portsmouth, NH (Honorable Mention) Ogunquit Arts Collaborative, Ogunquit, ME; George Marshall Store Gallery, Yorke, ME; Lassonde Exhibition, NH Art Association (Honorable Mention)
1999
Beatrice Conde Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Beatrice Conde Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Beavis Frank Gallery, Kittery Point, ME; Ogunquit Arts Collaborative, Ogunquit, ME; Rice Library, Kittery, ME
1996
Marjan Frank Gallery, Kittery Point, ME
1995
Hollander & Co., York, ME
1994
NH Art Association Portsmouth, NH (award) Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
1992
NH Art Association Portsmouth, NH (award)
1988
Blackthorn Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Reviews
Portsmouth Herald 12/03
Fosters Daily Democrat, 8/21/03
York County Coast Star 8/21/03
Portsmouth Herald 1/03/03
York County Coast Star 11/07/02
Fosters Daily Democrat 8/29/02
Portsmouth Herald 8/8/02
Fosters Sunday Citizen 5/6/01
Maine Sunday Telegram 3/25/01
Portsmouth Herald 6/29/00
The York Weekly 6/28/00
York County Coast Star, The Pilot 5/25/01
New Hampshire Sunday News 1/25/98
Exhibition Review, Portsmouth Herald 10/9/98
Exhibition Review, York County Coast Star 10/1/97
Exhibition Review, The York Weekly 7/9/97
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