I am a Storyteller. For all my efforts experimenting with and developing various kinds of art works, I invariably return to painting as the medium best suited to self-expression. The narratives in my paintings are the material of my life. The images I create reflect the people, places and events I’ve encountered.
My stories are told in color and light. Some of them simply recall visual events, others are more personal. I don’t paint nostalgia, still I often refer to events in my past. That’s probably due to the persistent belief that human experience keeps going around and coming around. As individuals and nations we change and remain the same, for better or worse.
My “Autobiographal” series was created after being inspired by a self-portrait exhibit in 1987. All were done with oil paint on canvas.
The paintings were first exhibited at the Tweed Museum, Duluth, Minnesota, in 1988 and went out into the world in various forms of exhibition and sales to individuals and institutions.