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BORN: OCTOBER 6, 1959
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Began realist painting at age 12 using watercolors exclusively.
Inspired by the works of Western New York artists Jerry Kalback,
Grace McKendry and Al Fontanese, he developed techniques later
used with oils.
1977
Attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where he began using
oil on canvas. Influenced by Professor Alex McKibbin's abstract
expressionist paintings and guidance.
1981
Returned to East Aurora, NY, focusing on minimalist landscape
painting.
1991
Started Cityscape series in Buffalo, NY.
1996-present
Began map inspired "Earthscape" series in Boston, NY.
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"Recently I have studied maps for inspiration. Maps are flat 2
dimensional representaions of a 3 dimensional sphere. In essence
a landscape painting is much the same. No matter how hard the
artist tries to create space, a painting will ALWAYS be flat.
I choose to not focus on creating illusions of depth but rather
concentrate on the reality of the canvas' flat surface. Addressing
the canvas in this manner enables me to abstract images that exist
nowhere but on the canvas itself. The painting then becomes nature
instead of a representation of nature...in actuality this is realism
in it's purest form."
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