Flowers for Mourning Painting

My paintings usually depict scenes or objects from my Middlesex, VT neighborhood. Each standing (or slumping) barn, towering tree, or unfolding flower in my work reflects the serenity and beauty of Middlesex. My abstract flowers, landscapes, and aging buildings typically begin with a series of thumbnail sketches. I pare away excess details until my subject's essence is revealed. Dense layers of pastel are applied to cotton or sanded paper in a style--vibrant colors, flat perspectives and exaggerated forms--reminiscent of the early Modernist painters, O'Keeffe, Dove, Bluemner, and Marin. I am President of the Vermont Pastel Society, a member of Vermont Crafts' Council, Northern Vermont Artists Assoc., Art Resource Association. When I'm not painting I enjoy yoga, bicycling, Nordic skiing & skating, and birding. My favorite getaway is New Mexico.