Bio
I am a Montreal – based Painter and Printmaker. I began my Fine Art studies at Loughborough University in Leicestershire, England. I then continued to explore my skills and techniques at the Art Institute of Boston and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. My work is characterized by an intuitive and fluid approach that reflects more than 40 years of creative development and maturity of style. My travels through life have taken me to Qatar and England where I studied graphic design. In Boston, I studied at the Art Institute of Boston and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. From there, I moved to New York, I continue to work on my art daily with various projects in mind waiting to be executed.
(Photography by Thomas Bock – Thomas Bock Creative)
Artist Statement
The Falling Man Series
This series had it’s genus in Jamaica Plain Ma circa 2009 as a series of linocuts that were scheduled for a solo exhibition at a local cafe. The image of the Falling Man has been a reoccurring one since and is still in production that include, oils on canvas and on paper, as well as limited editions of linocuts that are hand pressed and individually hand colored with Dr Martins inks that lend luminosity to the prints. I have used these inks since the early 80’s when I lived and painted in New York .
In total there about 50 pieces in the series. Together they hold up as a body of work that has taken many different avenues but in the end are united as a theme that has taken a lot of thought process and experimentation…it has a beginning, a middle, and an end.
The 12 Confessions of the Falling Man is a theme for future exhibitions where all of these works can be seen and experienced.
Painter, Printmaker
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tel 514 236 5018