SOURCES, RESOURCES, & INSPIRATION
FROM THE ARTIST
As elements of the natural world catch my attention, I translate moments in time to visual essays - pieces of the observed world which at any moment is stunning, visceral, tragic, renewable, breathtaking.
My love of flying is from early childhood and I still make fast sketches from window seats. Floating marks and shapes, aerial perspective, layered light, atmosphere, macro closeups, permeate my work. Learning to pilot small planes expanded my sense of space with a physical immersion in light, unique to low altitude flight.
Professional grants, sabbaticals, residencies provided time in Latin America, chiefly Mexico, Costa Rica, plus Western Europe. I am fortunate to travel widely for long stretches of time. I owe much to Mexico, a profound influence in re-configuring my practice and where I keep returning.
Sabbaticals gave extended time to develop lo-tech, non-toxic printmaking in challenging tropical and sub-tropical environments. Here in Sarasota, Selby Gardens, Spanish Point, Myakka River State Park, are key inspiration.
From 2019 - 2020, I undertook the arduous but rewarding job of relocating from Boston to subtropical Sarasota, exactly as the pandemic shut down the world. Spring 2022 I opened my current downtown studio.
SPACES
Studio visits welcome. Please contact me to be sure I am working on site.
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