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I grew up in New Hampshire, USA and art has always been a part of my life. I began my college education in Boston, MA at the New England School of Art and Design and received my BFA in Painting and Art Education from the Massachusetts College of Art. My family and I have lived in Chelmsford, MA for the past 8 years.
In art school working in colored pencils was a daily requirement because it was an easy medium to work with while learning fashion illustration. We drew all the time. The New England School gave me a strong graphics background and although I eventually changed courses to fine art, I have maintained a graphic quality in my work that has never left me. I still to this day always sketch in colored pencil to begin a piece whether it be in acrylics, collage or watercolors. I begin every piece with a colored pencil sketch and use it for inspiration, close to my canvas or collage work space . Usually my subject matter is an under appreciated cityscape. I notice them everywhere; even in Chelmsford. I work with a sharp pair of scissors when collaging. For glue I prefer gel medium for its flat drying qualities. I use colored or patterned papers to “paint” with. One of the reasons I enjoy working with collage is because it is so immediate. If a sequence of colors or patterns is not working, another can instantly be inserted.
However, what I learn from working in collage can also be translated into acrylic paint. I like thinking flat. If a painting gets too flat even for me, I use patterning that I borrow from the collage medium. They are interchangeable for me. I don’t think I would be happy working in only one medium. Sometimes I create the exact same scene in both acrylics and collage to see where else I can push my ideas. The end result always surprises me. Both come out looking so different but to me, they retain the same essence. For my viewers, I always have to point out that they are the same scene.
My other main subject matter is portraits. I draw them wherever I go. I go where people are going to hang around in one place for more than 10 minutes. I find people are captive at meetings, restaurants, and flea markets, on the bus or subway, waiting at the airport or the dentist’s office. Again I use flat colors mostly and a patterning of colors. Most of my subjects don’t know they are being drawn. Some get hostile or unwilling when they discover me capturing them from my mind’s eye on the paper. Usually they don’t like what I have zoned in on about them. Almost always these sketches end up as acrylic paintings.
Currently I have been painting portraits of friends and family members in places I have drawn or painted before. The mix of the two, portraits and landscapes is a new avenue for me and I think it is an exciting one to be on. Eventually I will experiment with portraiture in collage on a larger scale. Small collages take as much energy for me as a full sized acrylic painting . A large collage will be twice or three times that. I also hope to break into new markets outside of New England and find new roads to travel on.

Lowell Deluge

2005
acrylics
45cm x 61cm

Amory Street

2004
acrylics
35cm x 40cm

Rooftop View, Lake Champlain

2004
acrylics
61cm x 76cm

Bathed in Light

2006
acrylics
45cm x 61cm

Pemaquid Point

2004
acrylics
56cm x56cm

Suncook Stairwell

2004
acrylics
76x81cm

Sarah Pauls View

2006
acrylics
18inches x 24 inches

Up above Dunstable

2006
acrylics on canvas
58cmx58cm

Monhegan Harbor

2007
acrylics on canvas
16

Among the Pines

2007
acrylics on canvas
16

Monhegan Light

2007
acrylics on canvas
16

Jungle Temple

2007
collage

Parish Kitchen

2005
collage
20cmx30cm

Peace and Healing

2007
acrylics on canvas

Lake Champlain

2005
collage
5"x5"

Huntington Avenue

2005
collage
5"x5"

Pondlife

2008
collage on board
5"x5"

Red Burkha

2008
collage on board
10 cm x 20 cm