About Me

I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 from Montclair State University with a major in Fine Arts. After a hectic career in publication design and production as well as a stint as a muralist and decorative painter, I finally attained my graduate degree in Studio Art from MSU studying with Peter Barnett and Amer Kobaslija. Recently r

I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 from Montclair State University with a major in Fine Arts. After a hectic career in publication design and production as well as a stint as a muralist and decorative painter, I finally attained my graduate degree in Studio Art from MSU studying with Peter Barnett and Amer Kobaslija. Recently retired from Bergen County Technical High School as an award-winning Visual & Graphic Design instructor, I am rediscovering my love of landscape painting with an occasional dash of vintage found object collage work.

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I have always taken the photographs on which I base my studio paintings. Visually orienting them from the street establishes a familiar, drive-by sense of movement. I rarely, if ever, edit the landscapes; I find the telephone poles, wires, traffic lights, and curbside debris almost as interesting as the buildings themselves. An advantage 

I have always taken the photographs on which I base my studio paintings. Visually orienting them from the street establishes a familiar, drive-by sense of movement. I rarely, if ever, edit the landscapes; I find the telephone poles, wires, traffic lights, and curbside debris almost as interesting as the buildings themselves. An advantage of digital photography is that I can easily see the images on a computer monitor. This allows me to see details that I might have overlooked. It also allows me to experience an intense explosion of atomic color as the pixels expand. I use layers of semi-translucent glazes to interpret these extended fields of hue. I work primarily with acrylic paint now. Plastic-based and fifties born, this once radical medium is well-suited to my subject matter both thematically and historically.

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I celebrate highway architecture and signage by painting the remains of the days when Americans could afford to be whimsical in their plans, individual in their pursuits, and optimistic about their prospects. These buildings, still wondrous yet fading like a dream come morning, are my own personal metaphor of aging. They are also a dual l

I celebrate highway architecture and signage by painting the remains of the days when Americans could afford to be whimsical in their plans, individual in their pursuits, and optimistic about their prospects. These buildings, still wondrous yet fading like a dream come morning, are my own personal metaphor of aging. They are also a dual legacy of the painted and the paintings as I race against the effects of time, space, and sprawl to capture tangible remnants of my youth and leave behind a visual record of myself as an artist. I hope they make you smile.

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