My paintings are a merging of textures and colors referencing both organic and fabricated materials. I am inspired equally by patterns in nature, as well as those in textiles, architecture, and a myriad of manufactured elements. After many years living in the Bronx, I recently moved back to the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where the confluence of the Hudson River, its rocky environs, and multiple architectural structures has become a renewed source of inspiration. My studio in Yonkers, N.Y. is in a turn of the century carpet mill overlooking hills and industrial complexes, another locale containing the merging of elements so integral to my work. Layers of time evident in random markings on stone; light raked across water and sky; the open weave of moss covered earth -- all inform the work, resulting in a cohesive entity. By layering and removing paint with rags instead of brushes, my hand is directly involved with the process. Many of the paintings are comprised of multiple panels, allowing for a subtle narrative of a nuanced and evolving universe. Solo Exhibitions 2019 Winterscape Soho20 Gallery Bushwick, New York2017 Perpetual Earth Soho20 Gallery Bushwick, New York 2015 Intimate Universe Soho20 Chelsea New York, New York2012 New Work Soho20 Chelsea New York, New York2008 Recent Work Soho20 Chelsea New York , New York2006 Recent Work Soho20 Chelsea New York, New York 2004 Sum and Substance Soho20 Chelsea New York, New York2002 Of a Personal Nature Soho20 Chelsea New York, New York2000 Recent Work Soho20 Gallery New York, New York1998 Recent Work Soho20 Gallery New York, New York1982 Recent Work Fitzgerald and Co New York, New York Two and Three Person Exhibitions2023 Of a Transient Nature, Carrie Haddad Gallery, NY2019 PULSE: Color & Form in a Visual Rhythm, Carrie Haddad Gallery, NY2017 Selected Painting and Sculpture, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, N.Y2016 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York2015 Transform Gallery , Design Center at 200 Lex, New York, New York2010 Painting and Ceramics Exhibition Pratt MWP Campus, Utica, New York2009 The Texture of Color Rockefeller State Park Preserve ,Sleepy Hollow, New York2002 Reassembling Art Sites Gallery Greenport, New York Group Exhibitions 2019 Of a Transient Nature, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY2018 Temperature Change, Soho20 Bushwick, NY2016 Rational Horizon Soho20 Bushwick, NY2015 Cross County Transform Gallery New Rochelle, NY 2014 Roots Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Brooklyn, NY2013 Selections Soho20 Chelsea New York, NY 2011 Box,Book and Line Mill Fine Art and Applied Design Santa Fe, New Mexico 2011 Retreat Group Show Kathryn Markel Gallery Bridgehampton,NY 2010 Jeffrey Leder Gallery Long Island City, New York 2009 Cambridge Art Association Cambridge, Ma 2008 Summer Group Show Brenda Taylor Gallery New York, New York 2008 stART08 Soho20 Chelsea New York, New York 2007 National Exhibition, Stephen Haller ,curator, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA 2005 National Exhibition , Stephen Haller, curator, Art institute & Gallery, Salisbury, Maryland 2005 Small Works Soho20 Chelsea New York, New York 2005 National Color Award Show Stamford Art Association Stamford, Connecticut 2005 National Exhibition Art Institute and Gallery Salisbury, Maryland 2003 Small Works Invitational Soho20 Chelsea New York, New York 2003 Annual Group Show Soho20 Chelsea New York, New York 2002 Old New/ New Old Soho20 Chelsea New York, New York 2002 Re/Opening Alpan Gallery Huntington, New York 2001 Ready or Not Soho20 Chelsea New York, New York 2000 Untitled Soho20 Gallery New York, New York 2000 Of Nature Nese Alpan Gallery Roslyn, New York 1999 Winter Group Show Nese Alpan Gallery Roslyn, New York 1998 Celebrating Diversity Nese Alpan Gallery Roslyn, New York 1998 Group Show Soho20 Gallery New York, New York 1997 Diversions Soho20 Gallery New York, New York 1997 Happy Returns Soho20 Gallery New York, New York1993 Philadelphia International Contemporary Art of Old City Exhibition Philadelphia, PA. 1993 National Small Works Exhibition East-West Cultural Studies New York, New York 1993 Earth Art Sawtooth Galleries Winston Salem, North Carolina 1993 Drawing and Small Sculpture Del Mar College Corpus Christi, Texas1993 National Small Works Exhibition Scoharie County Arts Council Gallery Cobleskill, New York 1992 Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition Del Mar College Corpus Christi, Texas 1991 Painting and Sculpture Exhibition The Berkshire Museum Pittsfield, Massachusetts 1991 Art of Northeast USA Charlotta Kotik, curator, Silvermine Guild New Canaan, Connecticut 1981 Paperworks 1981 Lehigh University Lehigh, Pennsylvania Private CollectionsMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York Selected Bibliography Abstract Art On Line; abartonline.com, Joseph Walentini October 15, 2004The New York Times , Of Nature , Phyllis Braff May 28, 2000The New York Time, Different Directions, Helen Harrison January 9, 2000The New York Times , Diversity in Origins, Outlook, in Media, Phyllis Braff December 13, 1998The Riverdale Press , Plastic Fantastic Nicole LaRosa August, 2006New York Business Women’s Calendar, Art News , Renee Rosen May 1998 Education Bachelor of Science in Studio Art New York University