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Artist Statement:
A look back over the years
shows that my strongest and
most unifying visual
expressions are those that
address the duality of
existence. It is an
undercurrent to all my work
suggesting there exists barely
a breath between inside and
out, nest and cage, coming and
going, darkness and dawn. Our
ancient yearnings to set out
on the open road rest
comfortably next to our
expectations of hearth and
home. Often inspiring to me is
my own intense and frequently
comical struggle to balance
living within the compromise
of reality, without denying
the importance of my dreams of
freedom.
I work in a variety of media
starting with a basic concept
and drawing from stimuli close
at home. The subjects are
chosen for their strong
personal relevancy. Ideas,
pulled randomly from memory
are joined together seeking a
visual harmony, and creating
becomes understood as
"thought". The works are
abstract in composition,
realistic in form, and surreal
in content. Striving to
surpass the limits of art on a
pictorial level, I hope to
move and satisfy viewers in a
heightened way by surprising
their expectations, conforming
to order, even as I jar it.
The freedom to draw from a
multitude of ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
*denotes video
screening/installation
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2001
Palm Beach Institute of
Contemporary Art, Video
Lounge, Lake Worth, FL*
Frances Wolfson Gallery,
Miami-Dade Community College,
Miami, FL*
2000
La Sinfonia de Bellas Artes,
auspices of Key West Symphony
Orchestra, Key West, FL
InterAmerican Development
Bank Galleries, Washington,
DC*
Miami...
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