Archives
This section is dedicated to the history of my work. Exhibitions, selected inspirations and works in various stages.
Exhibition at The Sadred Art Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona 2019.
Beginning of painting Madonna and Child / First stage
Second stage
Third stage
Final painting “Madonna and Child”
Still life - Painted during residency at the New York Studio School, Greenwich Village, New York City in 1982.
Painting on found wood block. “Portrait of a Woman” 1983
“Structure” abstract painting 1982
Construction - wood, cardboard, canvas and acrylic paint “Woman” 1984
Construction - wood, cardboard and acrylic paint “Man” 1984
The early eighties
In 1982 during my senior year at the Center for Creative Studies, I was awarded a residency at the New York Studio School in Greenwich Village. At this point in my work I had already move on from academic and traditional techniques. I was more excited about what the city of New York might bring to my work than I was about the teachings at the school.
In 1983 I moved back to Detroit to graduate from the Center for Creative Studies.
Construction painting “Cityscape” 1985 photo by Lisa Spindler
“Woman” wood, cardboard and acrylic paint 1985
“Zebras” 1976 felt pen on paper
In 1975, when I was fifeteen years old, a friend gifted me a book on Salvadore Dali. It was a changing point in my life as a young artist.
