My still life paintings stop time.
I am hellbent on innovating the still life tradition so it reflects our LED-lighted 21st century. When I render commonplace items—bubble wrap, Post-its, paper coffee cups, Ziplock bags—in traditional oil paint, there’s irony. Look deeper and find beauty there and a bit of ecological anxiety.
When viewers look over the overlooked items around them as I’ve rendered them, I hope they reconsider how our lives look now.
Selected Awards & Exhibitions (since 2023)
Awards
2023 Tinicum Arts Festival, Awarded Honorable Mention by Jurors Jeff Charlesworth/Helena van Emmerik-Finn
2022 Stover Mill Gallery 9th Juried Show, Awarded Excellence in Still Life by Jurors Mavis Smith/Rhonda Garland
Exhibitions
2025
Phillips' Mill 96th Juried Show
Ellarslie Open 42 Juried Exhibition
Philadelphia Sketch Club Juried Small Oils Show
Wayne Art Center Regional Juried Show
AOY Juried Show
Tinicum Arts Festival
Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County, Spring Exhibition
Postcards from the Edge, Berry-Campbell Gallery, NYC
New Hope Arts Members Salon
Phillips’ Mill Members Show & Sale
Chive Cafe, Lambertville
2024
Atlantic Gallery, NYC, Connections VIII
Philadelphia Sketch Club, Annual Juried Show
Phillips’ Mill Members Show & Sale
Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County, Members Show
Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County, 30 Days of Inspiration, juried show
Tinicum Arts Festival, juried show
AOY Art Center, juried show
AOY Art Center, Members Show
Chive Cafe, Lambertville
New Hope Arts Member Show
2023
Atlantic Gallery, NYC, Connections VII
Ellarslie Open 40, Trenton City Museum 2023
Open Studio two-artist exhibition, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia
New Hope Arts, 20th Anniversary Invitational
ArtVenture NJ, Flemington, NJ, juried show
Union Coffee, Lambertville, NJ, juried show
R.E.D. (Reimagine, Explore, Discover), Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County
AOY Art Center, juried show
Tinicum Arts Festival, juried show
Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County, 5-artist show, Freeman Hall