I paint with watercolors. I paint on both wood and paper. When painting on wood I have moved from straight portraits to more elaborate surfaces employing gold leaf and collage. I also use architectural elements such as columns and arches to create pieces which can be touched and moved, rotated and changed. I often work in three to seven piece screens; the aspect of these screens change with how they are folded or hung. The collage papers I use are rice papers which I dye with a variety of dyes to enhance my work.

I primarily paint portraits and my subjects are drawn from the world around me. It is a very multicultural world and my subjects, I find, reflect that diversity. I work from photographs. I shoot two or three roles of film per model, placing them in various poses so that I can refer again and again to that model. The models I use are friends, family and total strangers. Each time I start a new piece of work, I search my files of photographs for a model, as well as look for new faces to paint. I also accept commission work. My prices vary with the size and number of people to be represented.

On paper:

quarter sheet 11" x 15" $350

half sheet 18" x 22" $475

full sheet 30" x 22" $650

On wood:

small 12" x 12" $350

medium 24" x 24" $475

large 36" x 24" $650

For work larger than standard sizes, I am willing to negotiate. Generally, prices for pieces larger than 36" x 48" run in the $1,000 to $2,500 range. I work from my studio in the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Virginia. I can be reached in: Studio 340, 105 N. Union Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3277. Telephone: 703-548-8198

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