Bio

From the time I was a teenager, I have believed deeply in the power of art, studying photography and painting in art school. After art school I moved toward New York City, establishing a storefront studio in Hoboken, NJ. I worked as an artist's assistant, and began showing my work in the East Village and SoHo. I was fortunate to be chosen for an exhibition at The Drawing Center, which attracted attention from a curator at MoMA. At the same time, I started inviting kids into my studio to learn to draw and paint. I found this very rewarding, and I felt called to do more work with young people. This spurred my interest in psychology, which eventually led to getting a PhD and starting a practice as a psychologist.

 

I've loved working as a psychologist, and have loved living in coastal Rhode Island where I could grow blueberries and build boats. However, an awareness of the incredible power of painting has never left me. I believe painting is a way of remaking the world, a form of play and imagination that leads to new ways of seeing, and thinking about reality. It is also a way of establishing a public discourse, which is a big part of what visiting exhibitions is all about.

 

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