Artist Statement

The still life photographs of mid century kitchen appliances were inspired by the poignancy of items once useful but now in the realm of vintage nostalgia. I tried to capture their elegance and sculptural quality as art objects. The paper still life is a response to a call for artists to explore torn or folded objects.

Early in my long career as a fine art photographer, I used a twin lens Rolleifex to make melancholy but evocative black and white landscapes of Martha’s Vineyard. Encouragement from painters and photographers I respected led me to develop a style that obscures boundaries between painting and photography, emphasizing shape and atmosphere over content or locale. I strive for a level of mystery and poignancy in my work.

Selected Exhibitions

– 2017 Exhibits

Griffin Museum of Photography – Winchester MA, Faded Elegants, Solo Exhibit by Invitation

Habitiat – Massachusetts Audubon, Belmont MA, Water, Solo Exhibit, (Twenty ThreeImages)

Chandler Gallery – Maud Morgan Arts, Cambridge, MA, Small Works Salon 2017, Juried by Howard Yezerski, Miller Yezerski Gallery, Boston, “Key West Trees”

Cambridge Art Association – Members’ Prize Show, 2017, Juried by Randi Hopkins, Director of  Visual Arts at the Boston Center of the Arts, “Rock Drawing”

The Art Connection – Boston, Photograph “Plum Island” Chosen by John Guthrie, Artist

Rocky Neck Art Colony – Gloucester MA, Fresh, Juried by Artist Dawn Southworth, “Lightbox Lettuce”, “Portrait” and “Elegant Cabbage”

Fountain Street Fine Art Gallery – Framingham MA, Divergent Thinking, Juried by Jane Young of Chase Young Gallery

– 2016 Exhibits

Cambridge Art Association – Red Biennial, Juried by Joseph Ketner II, Chair in Contemporary Art Theory and Practice, Emerson College, “Hallowell Bridge”

Cambridge Art Association – Flux, Picturing Change, On-line Exhibit Juried by Liz Devlin, Curator FLUX Boston, “Pot Bottom”

Concord Art – 17th Annual Frances N. Roddy Competition, Juried by Katherine French, Director Emeritus of the Danforth Art Museum, “Poor Richard’s Landing”

Gallery 263 – Cambridge MA, Future Visions, National Show Juried by Nancy Adams, Communications Director, MIT D-Lab, “ Flooded Out”

Gallery 529 – Littleton MA, By The Sea, a Juried Exhibit, “Beach Dog”

Galatea Gallery – Sowa, Boston, New England Collective VII, Juried by Julie Burros, Chief of Arts & Culture for the Coty of Boston, “Uneasy House”

Cultural Center at Rocky Neck – Gloucester MA, A Visual Feast, Juried by Ellen Wineberg, “Grand Manan”

Boston Biennial 2016, On line Exhibit – “Montreal Graf”, “Montreal Butts”, “El Forno”

Concord Art Association – Members’ Juried Two, Juried by Susan Nalband, Gallery 555, Boston,”Inference of Three”

Cape Cod Art Association – Beaches, Shores & Coastlines, On line Exhibit. Juried by Steven Heaslip, “Man With Kite”

Cambridge Art Association – Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Unconventional Means, Juried by Robert Siegelman, Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, “Tissue Rising”

Gallery Seven – Maynard MA, Feast, Juried by Kaveh Mojtabai, Publisher, Artscope Magazine, “Egg In Vase” & “Still Life”

Rocky Neck Art Colony – Gloucester MA, For the Birds, Juried by Amy T. Montague, Director, Museum of American Bird Art at Audubon, “Three Gentlemen” & “Black Swan”