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I have been creating art in upstate NY for 35 years. I received a Certificate in Art from Munson-William-Proctor Art Institute in Utica, NY. I made sculpture for 10 years before beginning to paint. After working in oils for several years, I saw a show of Magritte's work. This inspired me to make the expression of ideas a main goal.

Living in central NY has given me an appreciation for the splendor of the cow. From the beginning I painted cows in incongruous settings and the figure in abstract spaces. I use animals, especially cows, as a metaphor. This gives my work a surreal quality. I suspend belief, pose questions, and portray contradiction and implausibility.

My paintings are expressive as I reveal tension and relationships. Imagery comes from direct observation, photos, magazines, and the imagination. I paint a collage of ideas, sowing humor and irony. Currently, I am exploring women through portrait and allegory.