finding my voice - developing my style
WATERCOLORS
The Studio
Featured Sketch “Study”
10”x10” - Arches 140 lb cold press.
Working with a limited palette, bold contrasts, and simplified shapes can create such a dramatic composition.
This exercise was less about creating a finished painting and more about understanding another artist’s approach to color, light, and form.
About Me
Inspiration
People, Architecture, Landscapes and Food.
On location with sketchbook in hand. In the moment when creating or expressing a thought, interpreting a scene and enjoying the process of creating and communicating with pencil, paper, pen and brush.
Media
Watercolor. I work with a basic travel kit. Cad red, cad yellow and ultra blue. burnt and raw sienna.
Biography
Growing up as one of six children in suburban Chicago I found freedom and adventure on my bicycle and solitude while reading. The balance of action and introspection broken only by my dry sense of humor, carried me thru Catholic Grade School and Private Prep School. I worked my way through College, had a career, and with the help of my very supportive family and friends I manage to stay very active.
Work Space
STUDIO
Woodstock, Illinois.
ON LOCATION
Chicago, Illinois.
Boise, Idaho.
Macatawa, Michigan.
Odgen, Utah.
Cambridge, UK.
Bilbao, ESP
San Sebastián, ESP.
Milan, IT.
Lake Como, IT
Sarlat, FR
Puerto Escondito, Mx
Oaxaca, Mx
New Orleans, La