Above and Beyond Painting

I was trained as a printmaker but now am almost exclusively a painter, non-representational, color driven and expressive. My work intentionally is process driven, calculated and methodical. I am always interested in the edges, the quiet areas that one notices later, after the impact of the color has receded. I use a lot of metal leaf usually with patinas, glossy acrylic mediums and matte texture aggregates are all part of my arsenal, not a lot of rulers or tape or months of contemplation. It is active and messy in my studio, loud and yet quiet.....a stream is behind the studio, 2 rivers across the field and dog and cat are always present. They all contribute in their way. All my colors are complex, tertiary or beyond. I never work from photographs, I just like to look a little longer....I look a lot at the sky, the clouds and their effect on above and below, and what lies between. My studio is in a converted 5 stall dairy barn in the foothills of the Berkshires, surrounded by wind, water, wonder and wildlife. I am also the founder/owner of a small gallery called Echo in Shelburne Falls, MA. Among other fine institutions, I am in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. I exhibit and teach internationally, and am inspired locally. I paint every day (unless I am at a show), and it is evidently the best thing to do in life. I feel blessed and obsessed.