Painting en plein air in the middle of a field of sunflowers*

My style is inspired by twentieth century art that is loosely painted with hidden precision, including works by Sargent, Sorolla, de Lazlo, Boldini, and by modern artists including Schmid, Handell, Guzik, Demers, and Liberace. I draw my inspirations, as they did, from early twentieth architecture, the art deco and Greek classical styles of urban buildings, weather worn barns and open pastures of the country farms, and rocky and sandy beaches lined with classic New England cottages. I prepare my own canvases, and paint en plein air, on location almost exclusively. Painting outside, in the midst of nature, is an enjoyable and hypnotic experience.

Calendars

Honors

2018 Hamden Art League Silver Bells, Honorable Mention
2016 Hamden Art League Silver Bells, Honorable Mention
2012 Juried Competition, Clinton Art Association
2010 Juried Competition, Clinton Art Association
2009 Juried Competition, Clinton Art Association
2008 Juried Competition, Clinton Art Association
2007 Juried Competition, Artwalk, West Hartford Art League
2007 Merchant's Prize, Juried Competition, Madison Art Show
2006 Juried Competition, Clinton Art Association
2006 Juried Competition, Mavis Fenner Memorial, Rowayton Arts Center 2005 Juried Competition, Madison Art Show

Study

Student of Hagop "Jack" Keledjian, Putney Painter, Putney, VT 2008-2009
Private lessons, Terry Oakes Bourret, Durham, CT 2006-2007
Albert Handell Workshop, Putney, VT 2007
Foster Caddell Workshop, Voluntown, CT 2006
Frank Covino Workshop, Devon, CT 2006
Student of Marc Antony Massaro, The Branford Art Studio, 2003-2006
Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas 1999-2000
Private lessons, Michael Roque Collins, Houston, Texas 1998-1999

Memberships

Madison Art Society
Clinton Art Association
Hamden Art League

 

*Photo by Dennis Beaulieu