With each painting I do, I try to express not just "an image", but an image that carries emotion. An image that one hopes moves the viewer to take pause and observe slow passages of time, tranquil landscapes, low and mysterious light.
The intimate times of day...twilight...eventide...are what speak to me. I try to capture the memory of how it looks and feels when day melds into the the arms of night, and night into day. When the dance of light, gently sprawling across the land, is the most evocative. It is what moves me to paint with emotion, and to remember to tread lightly upon this Earth.
I am passionate about painting in the tonalist style where paint is applied in layers of dark tones, muted hues and touches of light to create atmospheric, luminous effects. Alexander Wyant, J. Frances Murphy, George Inness, and Bruce Crane were a few greats who led the way of painting in the tonalist style.
A native of western Pennsylvania, I have lived most of my adult life in coastal New England and live in Byfield, Massachusetts.
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Sheehan Academy, Manchester, NH 2009
Affiliations
Cleo Gallery, Kemare, Ireland
Eventide Gallery, Essex, MA
Somerset Interiors, Hamilton, MA
Artist Member, Rockport Art Association, Rockport, MA
People's Choice, Paint Essex, 2015
The intimate times of day...twilight...eventide...are what speak to me. I try to capture the memory of how it looks and feels when day melds into the the arms of night, and night into day. When the dance of light, gently sprawling across the land, is the most evocative. It is what moves me to paint with emotion, and to remember to tread lightly upon this Earth.
I am passionate about painting in the tonalist style where paint is applied in layers of dark tones, muted hues and touches of light to create atmospheric, luminous effects. Alexander Wyant, J. Frances Murphy, George Inness, and Bruce Crane were a few greats who led the way of painting in the tonalist style.
A native of western Pennsylvania, I have lived most of my adult life in coastal New England and live in Byfield, Massachusetts.
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Sheehan Academy, Manchester, NH 2009
Affiliations
Cleo Gallery, Kemare, Ireland
Eventide Gallery, Essex, MA
Somerset Interiors, Hamilton, MA
Artist Member, Rockport Art Association, Rockport, MA
People's Choice, Paint Essex, 2015