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A Sense of Place

12/25/2020

Looking at where I am-where we are-where we're going. I know it sounds a bit much, but I feel so strongly that where we live affects who we are. I am an abstract painter but there's often a feel of landscape in addition to the balance of line and color.

Easter Eggs in the Summer!

07/13/2020

A print of a painting done ten years ago finds its way to a Buffalo balcony and the pages of Buffalo Rising

Looking back- and ahead

12/01/2019

It's been a year of of changes

Why This-Why Now?

07/28/2019

Do artists have to stay with one style all their lives?

Spring arriving..maybe?

03/19/2019

Vibrant colors rather than wintry hues

Looking forward to..spring at the gallery in the garden

02/08/2019

I've loved having paintings at The Bookery these winter months, but am looking forward to welcoming visitors to The Mink Gallery in March.

A nice new show space!

01/25/2019

The Bookery opens its walls to paintings, and i have the pleasure of getting in there first!

"Begin" seems like the right title

08/31/2018

Working with resin AND raw canvas- www.artresin.com

A Shared Sensibility

08/19/2018

Sharing space and time with Tom Partigianoni

expo68 Departures and Arrivals

08/19/2018

Luxurious expanse of white walls

A New Home for Storm on the Lake

08/16/2018

Contemporary setting with two of the loveliest art appreciators in Ithaca

04/21/2017

One more week left for show with Patty Brown at State of the Art. A great collaboration- not overdone, but I think our colorful, gestural work goes well together.

Time and Motion at State of the Art

04/21/2017

One more week left for show with Patty Brown at State of the Art. A great collaboration- not overdone, but I think our colorful, gestural work goes well together.

Painting in Winter

12/17/2016

Winter Journey at CAP for the month of December

Artsy Shark

06/29/2016

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On a painting spree

05/31/2016

Memorial Day weekend- balancing work, friends and painting.

Echo 2016- a blast!

05/18/2016

Echo Art Fair in Buffalo was a great success- sales, purchases and new friends.

Photo by Cheryl Gorski.

Wonderful opportunities to share art this year

05/03/2016

The month of May opens with a great group show at State of the Art Gallery in Ithaca on Friday May 6, then an open studio from 10-3 pm at the Mink Gallery, 614 North Cayuga Street.

One week later I'm in Buffalo for the Echo Art Fair at the OSC Manufacturing, 1001 East Delavan in Buffalo NY. The first Echo was held at the old Central Train Station on Buffalo's East Side, then moved to other locations. Now it's back in what promises to be a great setting.

Reception Theory

04/01/2016

It's such a privilege to have one's work viewed and thoughtfully considered by someone you've never met. Jessica Beck is the Associate Curator of Art at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, and was the judge for the BSA 120th Catalogue Show at the Castellani Museum of Art in Lewiston. I wanted to share what she wrote about this piece, "Happiness", not only because it's so generous, but because it makes me think about what I do in new ways.

Continuing the Story

03/24/2016

Feeling the weight of history these days, the untimely death of Cornell's president Beth Garrett, the passing of our son Dan three years ago last month, my mother three years ago this month, my father in June of 2014- feelings of nostalgia, as much as loss, and as I age, the sense of a limited horizon. So why not put some thoughts down?

Lyric Visions: Artists Respond to Poetry

02/01/2016

Looking forward to our two month long special event at State of the Art Gallery in ithaca. SOAG artists respond to a poem or poems from regional poets, invited by past Poet Laureate of Tompkins County, Tish PEARLMAN.

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Continuing the Story

3/24/2016

My father was 42 when he painted "Valhalla ", oils thinned with turpentine to create a watery feel, something I also gravitated towards when I was using oils, and also now with inks and acrylics. They say you never really lose your first drives as a painter, and I started with water colors, so...

My father started drawing and painting as a young teen, and wanted to be a professional artist. But the familiar caution, "From this one makes a living?" steered him towards medical school. We grew up hearing that the quota on Jews at the University of Buffalo is what kept him from medical school- but as he was dying in hospice, he told me th

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