Artists Registry
Eastchester NY United States
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Artist's Statement
Statement of Work
ARTISTS STATEMENT
REQUIEM FOR A CITY
This painting was done in the weeks that followed 9/11 as a tribute to those that I saw suffering and dying within 20 miles from my home. It was a therapy to do something to help my feelings of hopelessness. It was reaching out a hand to a place I was familiar with, as I had studied art blocks from Ground Zero at New York Academy. I had painted a realistic memorial to first responders that hangs now in the town hall of Eastchester., but I still had the need for a deeper, more abstract expression during that depressive survivor stage following the trauma. I have had this painting in storage for 10 years, and now feel it is time for it to find a home and be exhibited. It is done in the style of Picasso due to his graphic, modern expression of the harshness of good and evil. There is among the angst and death a message of hope and light depicted, in spite of the horror and insanity of mankind.
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Education:
Starting in 1988 I studied drawing and painting at SUNY Purchase, then studied sculpture for several years with Martine Vaugel, painting with Tony Rider, Ted Jacobs and various instructors at New York Academy of Figurative Art; I received a MFA in Painting from New York Academy in 1999.
Publications:
2002 "Veterinarian celebrates life with his art". Chris Serico , Review Press , July 11, 2002
2004 " Players Keep HOPE alive for the sixth consecutive year". Alex Malecki, Review Press October 23,2004
Professional Affiliations:
From 1999 through 2011 I have been affiliated as Scene Designer for the HOPE for Change Foundation. The Foundation is a community theater group that does several shows per year with high school and college students with a sincere interest in theater; the proceeds are donated for breast cancer research.I design and paint the sets for original and Broadway shows that are performed by very talented young people.
Since graduating with my Master of Fine Arts I spend my time doing animal and human portraits in both abstract and realistic styles by private commission, as well as my personal private creations.