Artist Statement:

Shadow Conversations with the Readymade

Criteria I seek in my paintings: Orderly spatial arrangements; Simplicity over complexity; Breathes Life.

Influences: Jeff Koons…Wayne Thiebaud…Richard Diebenkorn… Monet… Van Gogh

We dream in colors borrowed from the sea………

Inquires:  Email:  kmsoriginalart@me.com  

Growing up in an artistic family definitely directed me into the art world. My Mom and Dad had a wonderful artistic flair in our home décor and also the fashions of the day. I was so fortunate to visit NYC from a young age and be exposed to all the visual beauty it has to offer. As a child I loved making things and giving them as gifts to friends and family. When I was in the fourth grade I had an eye injury that left me in the hospital for a month and temporarily blind in one eye. After regaining my vision and the addition of glasses, I can remember coming home to the chartreuse green color of the blossoming leaves on the tree lined streets where I lived. I always think this accident gave me the gift of really looking and studying the world around me. My teachers also gave me the opportunity of doing murals and art projects from first grade until my high school graduation. My high school art teacher paved the way for me to pursue art at Kutztown University where I received my BS in Art Education.  After graduating from college, I had the honor and privilege of teaching art at all levels. All my life I experimented with two and three-dimensional art forms and numerous media before discovering the beauty and luminescence of oil painting studying with Bruce Becker at the Warehouse Studio, Reading, PA. Common and whimsical readymade objects from sentimental experiences are the primary focus of my oil paintings. I begin the process by taking photographs of the objects strategically positioning them until the exact composition is achieved. The photograph of the object is then drawn on canvas and comes to life in oils. These readymade objects take on their own persona standing alone in space having a conversation with their shadow. Emphasis on the play of light and color in the shadow is a metaphor for looking back in time. My shadow play paintings are meant to inspire and reawaken pleasant memories for the viewer.