Abstraction provides the expressive vocabulary for my response to the global, persistent conflict and violence, creating emotive landscapes. The genesis for my work is the urban environ, more specifically the night city, graffiti, demolition, fire, windows, fences and walls. Each painting under goes a history of its own, as layers are added, scraped, overpainted, built and rebuilt — the paintings evolve from depiction to a more personal, evocative terrain.

I start painting with a specific site or image in mind, but over time, the paintings take different direction than initially intended. The journey is part of the process and excitement of abstraction — not always knowing what the outcome will be.

I have been a visual artist creating paintings from my Brickbottom Artist Studio Street and Vernon Street Studio in Somerville MA for over 30 years.