Beach Bums Painting

My art evokes the natural beauty of coastal New England, the ocean, the beaches and the wild life are my constant inspiration. I strive to pare down and find the essence of my subject matter by abstracting shapes and exaggerating color. To me straddling the edge of realism and abstraction is the most exciting and challenging aspect of my art. I have commissioned work at Boston Children's Hospital, Yale Women's Health Center and Coldwell Banker Real Estate, Cambridge MA. My work is also in several galleries in New England Awards Best In Show - South Coast Art Tour, 2012 RI/MA Molly Luce Burroughs Award of Excellence, 12th Annual Little Compton Summer Art Show 1st Place, Cape Cod Art Association, All Cape Cod Show, Barnstable, MA Joanne F. Regan Award for Composition, North Rivers Arts Society, Marshfield, MA Best In Show - South Coast Art Tour, 2011 RI/MA 2nd Place, Cape Cod Art Association, Interpretation of Light, Barnstable, MA Betty Burroughs Woodhouse Award of Excellence, 8th Annual Little Compton Summer Art Show, Little Compton, RI David Aldrich Award of Excellence, 11th Annual Little Compton Summer Art Show, Little Compton, RI 3rd Place, Westport Art Group, Fur and Feathers, Westport, MA 4th Place, Bristol Art Museum 2010 Annual Members Show, Bristol, RI Honorable Mention, Cape Cod Art Association, The 2009 National, Barnstable, MA Honorable Mention, Cape Cod Art Association, Explosion Of Color, Barnstable, MA Honorable Mention, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Imagine Yellow, Portsmouth, RI