ABOUT
I returned to painting several years ago after a successful career as an architect; at around the same time I moved to Reno, NV, and the western landscape figures large in my work.
I spent many of my teenage weekends museum and gallery hopping in NYC and elsewhere. I still get a thrill from seeing work that makes me think or feel. It always amazes me how people can see the same thing so differently; I want that unique point of view to come through in my work.
The way I paint is heavily influenced by my background; all the same ingredients go into both architecture and painting; perspective, color, form, materiality, and light. When they are most effective, both require a unique and fresh eye that then evokes an emotional response from the viewer, including myself.
If you are interested in my previous work as an architect and in the social responsibility space…
I was a design principal and Interiors Global Design Director at Perkins+Will, second largest architecture firm worldwide. At the same time I focused on social justice issues; gender equality in the construction industry and using design as a lever for improving public health and wellbeing. I was President of the NY Chapter of the AIA, am one of only a handful of individuals to be a fellow of both the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), and was recipient of lifetime awards from Harvard Graduate School of Design and Contract Magazine.
My teaching includes studios at Rhode Island School of Design, Harvard Career Discovery, and Washington University, my education a Masters of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design and Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophical Psychology from the University of Chicago.
gallery
8731 North Lake Blvd.
Kings Beach, CA 96143
(530) 553-1392
11am-5pm - Closed Tuesdays
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