I believe in hard inquiry into the old reality, in facing up and facing out, what I choose in regard to Vietnam, Brittany, New Orleans (unified and compromised in colonialism), and with regard to Edgar Allan Poe and the Vietnam Veterans Against the War gathered at Valley Forge, 1970.
With an MFA from Queens College, CUNY, contact - info@locksgallery.com, Past solo exhibitions may be viewed at locksgallery.com



Paintings and ceramics
I have learned a range of mediums from masters and books that have significance in art history, often using the medium to carry out the message. Among these are egg tempera, cast paper, gouache, and ink washes.
I do on-site paintings, interiors, site-specific architectural panels, tapestries, ceiling paintings, large-
Paintings and ceramics
I have learned a range of mediums from masters and books that have significance in art history, often using the medium to carry out the message. Among these are egg tempera, cast paper, gouache, and ink washes.
I do on-site paintings, interiors, site-specific architectural panels, tapestries, ceiling paintings, large-scale tableaus, small sculpted still-life pieces, and decorative arts.

Ceiling painting, theatre drops and house museums
Cosmos Beyond Atrocity (2024), commissioned for the new building of the Princeton University Art Museum opening October 31, 2025

A NEW STUDIO
A pole barn surrounded by mountains and pastures. This beautiful studio iin Rappahannock County allows me to accomplish painting in all scales and ceramic sculpture. I keep a studio in Philadelphia, where my work can be contemplated.

Presented by Philadelphia Contemporary. Working in partnership Fairmouint Park Commission and Friends of Lemon Hill.

8 x 20 feet, wall panels. Egg tempera on canvas.

7 x 17 x 12" low-fire whiteware, china paint, etc.

Presented by Philadelphia Contemporary. Working in partnership Fairmouint Park Commission and Friends of Lemon Hill.

Fabric Workshop and Museum in collaboration with the Clay Studio. Ceramic floor, ceramic vessels, fabric. 10' cubed.

Proposed Stage Drop -
Winter Soldier, 2019-2023
26 x 26 feet Dimensions Variable (16 x 16 feet show here)
I am creating Renaissance-style tapestry cartoons (on muslin in distemper) to juxtapose, to display some of the cultural sources and resonances of this violence (for example the stoning of St. Stephen or the images of supplication, as a place holder for pleading for life).

oil on laminated gesso
bamboo paper
56 x 78 inches

On site Gouache on Tyvecs, completed in Provence August 2025

oil on linen (clear gesso ground), 50 x 56 inches

distemper and oil on linen, 50 x 60 inches (incorporated into Proposed State Drop - Winter Soldier)

oil and distemper on linen, 56 x 72 inches

oil on linen (clear gesso ground), 50 x 56 inches

oil on linen (clear gesso ground), 50 x 56 inches

oil on linen (clear gesso ground), 50 x 56 inches

oil on linen 55 x 64 inches

oil on laminated gesso
bamboo paper
56 x 78 inches

oil on laminated gesso
bamboo paper
56 x 78 inches

oil on linen (clear gesso ground), 50 x 56 inches

oil on linen (clear gesso ground), 50 x 56 inches (text see Books)

oil on linen (clear gesso ground), 50 x 56 inches
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