bio

Born in 1940 in Lihue, Kauai, HI

Abstraction enables me to focus on subject matter that I cannot approach in any other way. This subject seems timeless, almost without boundaries, because at its best, it defies limits. This subject constantly invites re-definition-change-invention. It borders on the impossible.

My work is a slow revealing painting experience, with layers that become visible with time. They change with the time of day, time of year. The focus is on the whole first, and on the parts or points of reference second. Interaction with the room and architecture is part of the first experience where the paintings operate as shape and the room and wall as field or background. The paintings are about slowing down and letting the revelations come to you in your own perceptual time. The revelations are clues to what we already know or have experienced. The assumption is that we are nature.

education

1964    MFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1962    BFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

professional

1969 -2002    Professor of Painting and Drawing, Long Island University, C.W. Post Center, Greenvalle, NY
1965-1969    New York Institute of Technology, Westbury, NY

solo exhibitions

2008    David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2006    Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2005    David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
            Galleria Miralli, Viterbo, Italy
2004    Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2003    David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2002    Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2000    David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
1999    New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
1998    Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1997    Selections From the 90's, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
1996    Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1993    Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1990    Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, NY
1987    Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1984    Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
1982    Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL
            Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1981    Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
            Hoshour Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1980    Thomas Babeor Gallery, LaJolla, CA
1979    Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
            Galerie December, Dusseldorf, Germany
1977    Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
1975    Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
1970    Long Island University, Brookville, NY
1969    Galerie Bischofberger, St. Moritz, Switzerland
1968    Galerie Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland

installations

2001    Permanent Installation, Private Commission, Key West, FL
1995    Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, Brooklyn, NY
1983    Houston Art Fair Room Painting Installation, Houston, TX
1982    Freeman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
1981    Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
1980    Hoshour Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
            New York Coliseum, New York, NY
            Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
            Thomas Babeor Gallery, LaJolla, CA
1979    Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
            P.S. 1 Museum, The Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Island City, NY
1977    Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1976    The Institute for Contemporary Art, New York, NY
1975    Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY

awards

1981        National Endowment for the Arts, Washington DC, Artist Fellowship Grant - Painting
1962-63    John Hay Whitney Foundation Grant


selected publications

Artforum
ARTnews
Art in America
Arts Magazine
Art Space
Chicago Tribune
57th Street Review
Los Angeles Times
New Art Examiner
New York Magazine
The New York Times
San Diego Union
SoHo News
The Village Voice
The Washington Post

public collections

The Brooklyn Museum, NY
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Chase Manhattan Bank
The Craftool Collection
The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Long island University, Brookville, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, Pheonix, AZ
The New York Public Library, NY
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Prudential Insurance Company
The State Foundation for the Arts, Honolulu, HA
Wadsworth Atheneam, Hartford, CT