I have been professionally painting for well over 15 years and recently moved to Long Beach NY where I will continue my work.   Studio visits are welcome and are available by appointment.  I work mainly in oil, acrylic, and digital.  Like most artists, my work began as a sort of self-examination and there were lots of self portraits.  I believe that painting is a journey.  My personal journey began therefore with lots of realistic figurative work, moved eventually to semi-abstract, and then became almost wholly abstract.  A new direction is a collection that I am working on which involves superimposing images over my paintings, multiplying the images in different forms and tints, and then applying oils to create a new image.  Samples of this new collection will be seen shortly on these pages.  New work has branched into digital photo collage, where vintage photos, my current paintings and photos are combined into unique collages.  Collectors of my works can now be found throughout the United States, South America, and Europe.  I am very pleased to report that among my collectors are a curator for the Chelsea Art Museum, a director of ArtForum magazine, and an officer of Sotheby's.  Of course, all collectors are highly esteemed and much appreciated.

Recent exhibitions have been held at Arts on 6th and B.A.M.A. Galleries in Hoboken, NJ, Hoboken City Hall, several venues in New York City, as well as in Europe and the Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota, Colombia.  Two recent works, "Giovanni," and "Gene Pool," are now part of the permanent collection of Leslie-Lohman in Manhattan.  I have for years participated in the annual Hoboken Artists Open Studio Tour and recently the First Sundays Tour of the Monroe Center for the Arts in Hoboken.  Among other honors, a recent painting, "Passion," was awarded a prize by the Artists' Magazine and in 2003 another painting, "A Mother's Heart," was selected by the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition for their art auction and was successfully sold in their fundraiser.  In addition to painting, photography is another passion and I was most honored to have 3 of my photographs selected for the photography Biennial of the Leslie-Lohman Art Foundation in Chelsea, New York City.  One of my paintings, "Two Hearts," was featured in the Fall 2004 catalog of Utrecht Art Supply and was shown on their website as well.  My own taste in painting is very eclectic, and I especially enjoy the works of Wayne Thiebaud, Laura Alexander, Lucian Freud, Gerhard Richter, and John Singer Sargent.

For me, painting is another form of communication and my most recent works deal with the complexities of human emotion.  The art is actually the image that I form in my head, the paintings are an attempt to share those images with you.  See my work on the web at www.bamagalleries.com, www.findingrembrandt.com, and www.monroecenter.com, www.artocracy.org among others.

Works can vary in size from the very small, 14" by 18", to the very large, over 7' tall and all are reasonably priced.  I will gladly quote prices by email or by telephone.  I can vary the size according to your needs.  To a limited extent, I am available to produce pieces on commission.  I can accept Paypal in payment and ship throughout the USA.  Art given as a gift lasts forever!

UPCOMING SHOWS:

SEPT 23 2004  "FINDING REMBRANDT"  ANTHEM GALLERY, 41 WOOSTER ST, SOHO, NYC

OCT 16/17 2004  HOBOKEN ARTISTS OPEN STUDIO TOUR  HOBOKEN NJ  NOON TO 5PM

DEC 5, 2004  MONROE CTR FOR THE ARTS, 720 MONROE ST, #E410, HOBOKEN NJ NOON TO 6PM

FEB 6, 2005  MONROE CTR FOR THE ARTS, 720 MONROE ST, #E410, HOBOKEN NJ NOON TO 5PM

APRIL 8-25, 2005  SOLO EXHIBIT, BAMA GALLERIES, 946 BLOOMFIELD ST, HOBOKEN NJ - GALA OPENING RECEPTION APRIL 16, 6 to 8PM, ALL ARE WELCOME

SUNDAY AUGUST 14, 2005,  MONROE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 720 MONROE STREET, HOBOKEN NJ WILL SCREEN THE MOVIE, "POLLACK."  THE WALLS OF THE SCREENING ROOM WILL FEATURE THE WORKS OF MARK DAVIS AND MARK WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE FILM TO DISCUSS THE EFFECT OF POLLACK ON HIS WORK AND THE WORK OF  OTHER MODERN ABSTRACT ARTISTS.

AUGUST 21 THRU SEPT 9, 2005, GROUP EXHIBIT  "ONE AMERICAN DREAM"  OPENING RECEPTION WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24   7-10PM  GRACE CHURCH VAN VORST, 39 ERIE STREET, JERSEY CITY

SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 2006,  "WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SAY 2006"  MANA FINE ARTS GALLERY, 227 COLES STREET, JERSEY CITY, NJ

SEPTEMBER 15 THRU NOVEMBER 3, 2007, THE LONG ISLAND CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM, 110 NORTH FRANKLIN ST, HEMPSTEAD NY

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at (516) 608-1932