Showing at Site #5: The Parlor at the Woodland
I am a representational artist with a lifelong fascination with the way light can transform mundane objects into things of beauty.
Although I grew up in a Philadelphia suburb, I have long been drawn to the big skies and dramatic landscapes of the American West – a passion that took me to Arizona, where I spent ten years earning a PhD in anthropology. Today I am based on the East Coast, where I am a professor at New York University.
City living has forced me to look for beauty in unexpected places. One evening, while commuting, I noticed the sunset reflected in the glass of a building across the river. That fleeting moment reminded me that beauty is everywhere if we’re willing to look. Since then, I’ve sought to capture the magical in the mundane, guided by the belief that sometimes all it takes is a pair of rose-colored glasses.
Whether painting urban skylines or rural landscapes, I am drawn to scenes where light transforms space into something evocative, timeless, and quietly profound.
