Statement:
Portraiture is the heart and soul of great painting. Although I also paint landscape and still life, I always come back to portraiture, to engaging another human, to experiencing the expression of a face. Each person needs a unique treatment, mood or light, and it is a joy to find the right aesthetic for every portrait.
Exhibitions
2007 “Lindsey,” Group exhibition, May, Galerie Bohemiarte, Montreal
2005 “Works on Paper,” Group Exhibition, October – November
Midday Gallery, Englewood, New Jersey
2005 Group Exhibition, September
Galerie Bohemiarte, Montreal
2004 Showcase Award, Herstory Online Exhibition
Manhattan Arts International,
2003 “Tiny Jewels,” Solo Exhibtion
Goldleaf Designs and Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, USA
2003 “Still Classical,” Group Exhibition
Westbeth Art Center, New York City, NY
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Palazetto Cenci, Rome, Italy
Chiesa dell’Educatorio di Fuligno, Florence, Italy
Studies in Art :
2000 – 2002 Full-time/ Temps plein , Charles Cecil Studios, Florence, Italy
2004 – 2007 Ongoing advanced painting study with Irena Korosec in Montreal
2005 Residency / Residence, Laboratorio dei pittori, Rebecca Harp, Florence, Italy
1971 BA, Phi Beta Kappa, Art History/Histoire de l’art, U. of Wisconsin, Madison
2008 Art Renewal Center 2007 International Salon, Finalist, commencing February 2008 and permanent archives, www.artrenewal.org
2007 Capturing the Human Spirit, juried National Portrait exhibition, November 2007 - January 2008, Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, Ontario
Procedure:
I like to meet with the client to speak to learn about them and to discuss a location and atmosphere for the portrait. After thinking about it, we meet again for a photo session.
The painting itself can take anywhere from 1 to 3 months, depending on my schedule.
Price list:
These figures are for life-size portraits, oil on linen.
Basic 16 x 20 to 20 x 26, head and shoulders with plain background and uncomplicated clothing: $3,500.00
¾ length, up to 28 x 44, to the knees with plain background and unpatterned clothing: $5,000.00
Full length, to the feet with plain background and unpatterned clothing: $6,500.00
Complicated backgrounds -- for example, including a room or landscape -- or intricately patterned clothing -- an additional $1,000 to $3,000, depending on what is to be included.
For portraits that include several people, the prices are per person.
All charcoal drawings, $1,800.00, whether life-size head, ¾ or full, only on 18 x 24 or 19 x 26.
