Keeping Score - Poker 2 Painting

Born in New York in 1951, I moved to California as a young child, and then again to Europe where I lived four years in Austria with my family. Even my art education was divided: between California and London. This repeated shift in perspective honed an eye for observation and synthesis. Working and teaching in California, I continue to spend time in Europe. Drawing from traditions of social engagement, images reflect culture through body language, gesture, and color. My work flows between painting and drawing just as visual language bridges abstraction and figuration. The search for a vocabulary for the expression of contemporary life reflects my fascination as social observer.