“Spontaneous impressions” is how I would best describe my work, both from the point of view as an artist and possibly of the viewer’s.
Using vintage paper and found objects such as sand paper, metal and rubber, I construct my images in a very spontaneous and quick process, never overworking the concept at hand. I am very concerned about the issues of shape, placement, balance and color, with the intention of using only minimal material but at the same time allowing for an intricate and detailed composition.
My influences have come from my long time interests and studies of many of the great early 20th century European artists and designers such as Joseph Hoffmann and Dagobet Pecke, both of the Austrian “Wiener Werkstatte” period; and the impeccable designers of the Art Deco era, Jaques Emile Ruhlmann, Pierre Chareau and the post war Italian artists Lucio Fontana, Ettore Colla, Alberto Burri and Mimmo Jodice. My recent opportunity to spend 6 weeks in Prague, Vienna, Paris and Venice gave me the inspiration to alter my consciousness from working as a ceramist, as I have for years, to exploring collage and assemblage. Throughout the 1980’s and part of the 1990’s, I made my living designing sets and windows of fashionable apparel boutiques in Beverly Hills and southern California. It is certainly fulfilling now creating vignettes in the comfort of my cozy home studio.
I am a self taught artist, who is also still involved as a buyer and proprietor in the men’s clothing world in Santa Fe.
