first lesson blues Painting

i was born in n.j. ....and currently live in newport, rhode island. i have been painting professionally for forty years. as a child, i always excelled in art and dreamt of having a career as an artist.....i have been strongly influenced by the abstract expressionists. many of their paintings evoke a tremendous emotional response from me. i hope to do the same in my paintings through color, exciting, provocative line work, textures and a strong composition.....in myseascapes, i try to capture the ocean in a spontaneous, heartfelt, expressive way....its a labor of love. i feel extremely grateful that i am able to paint each and every day. i am represented by many wonderful galleries from wellfleet, ma. to sarsota and jupiter florida and nj,ct, and r.i. in between!........ my work is in hundreds of corporate and private collections: u.of penn executive offices, union carbide, lee iocaccoa, wakefern corp, makita, dun & bradstreet, maxwell house, first fidelity bank, o’donnell davis, inc. johnson &johnson, pse& g of n.j., sealy mattress, ibm, squibb corp., lever brothers and more.