Artist’s Statement

Visual Jazz, bringing the theories of fusion into my work, I create paintings that add to the conversation that is Art
Color is the subject of my painting. I use vibrant, intense, and brilliant color choices to engage and compete with an environment filled with increasingly loud visual elements. My color is not naturalistic or decorative and it does not mimic light. My color choices are inspired by personal reactions to the relationships between all color included within the composition of a painting. There is a conversation between the elements of color and the emotions color stimulates. My use of color is not an excuse to splash, brush, and scrape paint while satisfying the whims of my heart, well not that alone.  My use of color is a visual science of experimentation, invention, and emotional input. I explore hue, intensity, and value as well as the size, shape, emotion and the relative interactive effects on juxtaposed color choice.

I control spacial relationships through my color decisions. I create volume through color. I create line through the juxtaposition of color.  I create my paintings through color. Color defines complex compositional structure based in part upon the influence of the New York School of Abstract expressionism.

I explore the creative line formed by the edges of my color. That line, along with hue and intensity, helps to define a narrative as well as being a tool to define the depth of the picture plane, fostering the illusion of space and volume on the two dimensional surface.

I use a classical narrative to tell the story of the America I see. The narrative invites a viewer into my work, were they can then explore the structure and technique that is defined by my true subject, color, personal, bold, expressive color.
The end results are paintings that capture my own artistic opinions. I create art that is new and specifically mine.  My art is clearly identifiable, recognized, and defined as being uniquely my own. The evolution of my work is documented in the progressive dialog that exists from one painting to the next in each cycle.

Education
Swain School of Design  (now UMASS Dartmouth) New Bedford, Ma June 1986
BFA Concentration in Painting
 Bristol Community College June 1982
AFA Concentration Foundation art and design
 
 Military Experience
United State Coast Guard 1978-1982
 
Professional Experience
Taylespun Studios 1986-
Professional Artist and Writer
 
Since 1986 I have participated in over 30 exhibits including 5 one man and featured artist shows.
(My artist Résumé and portfolio can be provided upon request)
I’ve published two novels, Turnstiles and Eternal Rose.
I’ve published several short stories
Taught and mentored artists at various levels of development
 
Riverside Art Ltd 1986-2009
Last position: Customer Service Manager of an independent Specialty Retailer providing product and services to a specialized customer base including Fine Artists, Interior Designers, Graphic Designers, Architects and Construction Tradesman.  My customers raged from students, hobbyists, and seasoned professionals to large businesses and government agencies.

Resume and Exhibit History
Education Graduate Swain School of Design (BFA)
Bristol Community College (AFA)

Workshops
Wolf Kahn
Paul Georges

Studied with
Marian Wilner
Ben Martinez
J. Block
Erick Lintalla
Severin Haines
David L. Smith
 
2010-Schedule
Represented in New Bedford Ma area by Crowell’s Fine Art / Kate Levin
Represented in Newport RI area by Isherwood Gallery / Nancy Isherwood
Represented in the Somerset Ma area Marriette Gallery at Riverside Art / Stephanie Stroud
April to June 2010 UMass Cherry and Webb Gallery
August 2010 Crowell’s Fine Art Gallery
 
Exhibits 2000-2009
Bristol Community College 1 invitational group exhibit
Fall River Art Association 2 Regional group exhibits (winner of Jack Caldwell Award)
Narrows Center for the Arts 1 one person exhibit
Debloise Gallery Newport, RI 1 one person exhibit
UMass Dartmouth Cherry and Web Gallery 2 Invitational group exhibits
 Nat Porter's Gallery, Warren, RI 1 group exhibit
Imago Gallery Warren RI Featured member 13 Monthly group exhibits
Crowell’s Fine Art, Invitational group exhibit

Exhibits 1984-2000
Fall River Art Association 6 six regional group exhibits 3 prizes
Gallery X New Bedford 2 invitational group exhibits
Nemasket Gallery Fairhaven 1 invitational group exhibit
Somerset Cultural Council 1 one-person exhibit
Bristol Community College 2 one-person exhibits (including visiting artist talks) and 3 invitational group exhibits