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work can be found in many private collections, and has been exhibited
in solo and group shows nationally for over 25 years, including
NYC and tri-state area, NY's Hudson Valley, and the SF Bay Area.
I studied at The Art Student's League, Parson's School of Design,
and The School of Visual Arts, in NYC.
In addition to editorial illustration, I have created and donated
art work to many non-profit organizations, including numerous
animal rescues.
I love to watch a painting unfold like a story being told for
the first time. Portrait painting is a spontaneous, visual dialogue
between my subject, myself as an artist, and the unpredictable
outcome of making art.
I have painted many subjects over the years. In 2001 unsure of
a creative direction, I began a series of paintings inspired by
my mother's Jack Russell Terrier. Her unrelenting, unrepenting
expressions of joy, sorrow, fear, humor, and soulfulness inspired
me to capture these qualities in a single painting.
Prompted
by a friend and teacher in NYC, I started to paint portrait commissions,
a natural progression. It has been a true gift for me to bring
art into peoples lives, inspired by their most precious companions.
For commissions, I work from photographs and love to meet my subject
whenever possible.

Exhibition at San Francisco Veterinary Specialists

"My Joe"
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