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About the Work…

The integration of orphaned, vintage photographs, digital photography, abstract drawings and encaustic paint in my work occurs simultaneously as a dialogue develops among these elements. The mixed media approach to my work is both additive and subtractive; employing many subtle layers to form an amalgam of biographical texture. The facial expression and posture of the figure in the photographs influence my palette, the lines and marks that I make to create the narrative abstract drawings and paintings. As I work, these disparate elements transcend the physical attributes of the materials and become one brush for me to paint these portraits of strangers.

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We All Belong Here

We All Belong Here Paeonia24x18x2”photo collage, archival pigmented print, encaustic and mixed media Velutina24x18x2”photo collage, archival pigmented print, encaustic and mixed media Lisianthus 24x18x2”photo collage, archival pigmented print, encausticand mixed media

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The Longford Sisters

The Longford Sisters The Longford Lighthouse was built in 1857 on the Arthur Dewey Longford family farm on the Massachusetts coast. During the 1940’s, the Longford sisters were both the Longford lighthouse keepers and dance troupe. In the years following the Great Depression, the Longford Lighthouse became a gathering place […]

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Concanon Coal Mine String Trio

Melody Hitchcock24x42x2”archival pigmented print, encaustic and mixed media Victoria Pullen24x24x2”archival pigmented print, encaustic and mixed media Violet Carmack24x24x2”archival pigmented print, encaustic and mixed media

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Fellow Travelers

The Ipswich League of Women Voters Arriving on the 11:45 Ferry18×18”Archival Pigment Print Edition of 3Edition of 3 The Choreographer, The Poet and Their Family18×2.5” Archival Pigment PrintEdition of 3 Ernesto Centano’s Nephew18×18”Archival Pigment Print>Edition of 3 Harmony and Grace18×12”Archival Pigment Print>Edition of 3 Sunday Morning in Lakeville18×18”Archival Pigment Print>Edition […]

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The Poet’s Encampment: A Conversation

THE POET’S ENCAMPMENT: A CONVERSATION The Poet’s Encampment is a conversation among human figures, abstract forms and other echoing counterparts. These disparate images both inform andcatalyze one another, engendering an evocative dialogue sometimes between the animate and inanimate, the part and the whole or the far and familiar.  One can find […]

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The Longford Journals

Tuesday 6:29 am48x18x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media Wednesday 12:14 pm48x18x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media Friday 5:27 pm48x18x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media Sunday 6:45 am48x18x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media

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Moirae

MOIRAE   Moirae is an on going series of the Three Fates. In Greek mythology the Moirae control the destiny of mankind: birth, life and death. Clotho the spinner spins the thread of life. Lachesis the apportioner decides the length of life. Atropos the inevitable clips the thread of life. The Three Fates40x30x2”archival […]

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Dreamt in the Lighthouse

Ava and Tulip Dream the Same Dream30x30x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media Hama’s last Dream of the Sanzu30x30x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media Jacob Eamon Dreams of Flying30x30x2”archival print, encausticand mixed media Eden’s Plan30x30x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media Lily Moon’s Day Dream36x16x2”archival print, encaustic and mixed media

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About Me

I am a painter of contemporary, portraits of strangers and abstract narratives that are a fusion of orphaned, vintage photographs, digital photography, encaustic paint and mixed media. The basic human response to identify the other is endlessly intriguing to me. My work is exhibited nationally and can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the United States and abroad. My home and studio are in New Jersey. 

 

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Or you can visit these galleries:  

Azart Gallery, New York, NY

Frederick Homes and Company Gallery, Seattle, WA 
Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX 
Mark Gallery and Lichtundfire, New York, NY