statement

Hyper examination of the tumbledown reveals the ordinary to be exceptional.

Walking in the woods, I am regularly confronted with massive, upended tree roots, textured tree barks, patterned burls. Perhaps because of boredom or reverie, gnarly shapes grab my attention and incite my curiosity.

It is satisfying to make sense of a seemingly arbitrary jumble of vines, or some other natural form and, through fine lines and shading, allow it to develop into a coherent 'whole'.

I am also attracted to junctures at which two disparate parts join. Through editing, changing scale and repetitious mark-making, I create, in my mind, abstracted vignettes, derived from nature but re-scripted into dispassionate arrangements.

I approach drawing, for the most part, with confidence. I'm sure it's because, as a child, doodling and drawing was as as automatic as learning to write. The marks are immediate and direct and allows me to focus attention on relationships between parts and gradations of light and shade.

bio

born: 1948, Budapest, Hungary

education

Montclair State University BA, 1977

selected awards/honors

Drawing Magazine, First Place Winner: Shades of Grey, May 2015
Wayne Art Center, The 5B's: Patron's Award 2015
Phillips Mill Annual: New Hope, Pennsylvania, Patron's Award 2014

selected publications

INDA 9, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2015
Drawing Magazine, Shades of Grey, 2015

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Pennswood Gallery, Newtown, Pennsylvania, 2014
Abington Art Center, Solo Series,Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, 2012
Chapin Art Gallery, Junctures Observed, Princeton, New Jersey, 2011

selected group shows

Wayne Art Center, Birds, Bees, Butterflies, Bats, Bugs, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 2015
Schmidt Dean Gallery, Drawing on Nature, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2014
Noyes Museum, Into the Looking Glass, Invitational, Oceanville, New Jersey, 2012