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What is the source of the language of form?  Nature, mathematics, physics, divine intelligence, our human compulsion to perceive patterns?  Abstract art speaks the language of form, and can address the nature of form in a way that is like music.  It can be eloquent, delicate, playful, ethereal, dramatic, passionate, evocative and forceful.  All through the manipulation of form.

My recent acrylics are about the physical properties of the paint.  The process sometimes feels like I’m shepherding the paint around the canvas, working in tandem with it.  Working wet into wet with fast drying acrylics is exhilarating. Watching the material form its little miracles, finding the beauty in the chaos, and being surprised at the outcome.  Each stage of the painting process is like performing a piece of music; it has a lifespan within which I can work with the paint itself to reach a conclusion.  A cooperative effort between the materials and myself.

My oils are more cerebral.  They're made by building the paint on an armature-like drawing, combining hard edges with gradations, glazes and lively brushwork.  Compositions are more controlled and colors more considered.  Narratives are suggested in a conscious way. I sometimes incorporate representational elements, sometimes it's a pure kind of organic geometric design.  It's a quiet, meditative and very personal approach to painting. 

"Gone to Glory," painting in the Figure and Animals Gallery

Exhibits

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Fall Art Exhibit in the Art Gallery of the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, 2007 .... Photos

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The feature film: Universal Signs, 2006

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The Cocktail Gallery inside Memorable Affairs' Occasions adjacent to the James A. Michener Art Museum New Hope Annex, 2004-2006

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Darlington Arts Center, Nov., 2005

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Immaculata University Art Show, 2003, 2004

bulletRittenhouse Square Fine Art Show, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
bulletJuried Online Arts Festival  Artist of the Month, December, 2003
bulletLambertville Shad Festival, 2003.  Award for "Outdoor Art"
bullet"Art in the Garden"  Paxson Hill Farm, New Hope, PA, 2003
bulletWillow Lewis Galleries, Pennsauken, NJ, 2002
bulletWoodmere Art Museum, 2002
bullet“Artists and Poets Among Us,” Living Arts Club, Gloucester County, NJ, 2002
bulletBowery Gallery, 2001 National Competition, NY, NY.  Curated by Janet Fish.
bulletGloucester County College Art Gallery, Sewell, NJ, September, 2001
bulletChestnut Hill Arts Festival, Chestnut Hill, PA, 2001
bulletISG Showroom, North Wales, PA, 2001
bulletBell's Tavern, Lambertville, 2001
bullet"Bucks Sampler", Bucks County Community College exhibit by invitation of Sen. H. Craig Lewis, PA Capitol Building, 1988
bulletHavana's, New Hope, PA, 1986
bulletHicks Art Center, Newtown, PA, Student and Alumnae Shows, 1984-1989

Published Paintings

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David Hush CD Cover, 2006

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FAMILY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM IV"Little Boat" was used to represent the 2004 Summer Institute

bulletChestnut Hill Arts Festival, Chestnut Hill, PA, paintings used for event promotion, 2001
bulletLost Dreams on Canvas project, 1995, Oil portrait used on project's brochure cover, 2000
bulletBucks County Community College Hicks Art Center, Gouache painting used in the Hicks Art Center's brochure, 1988

Education / Curriculum Vitae

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1997-Present: Exhibit abstract oil and acrylic paintings

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1994-Present: Quick sketch portrait-style caricatures on location. Approx. 40,000 faces drawn accurately.

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1997: Studied landscape painting at Abington Art Center, Abington, PA

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1990-1991: Studied portraiture and color theory at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia

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1989: Apprenticed in bronze casting with Bernard Mangiaracina

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1989:  Bucks County Community College, Associate of Arts, Fine Art, Newtown, PA

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1985-2000: Commissioned for lots of portraits

 


 


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