Artist Statement

My paintings are an expression of the beauty and mystery that I sense all around in this world.   I sense the hand of a more powerful being behind the physical world that surrounds us.   The mysterious landscapes of Monterey and the jubilant sunflower fields of Umbria, though so different to each other, are one and the same expression of this greater power.

The portraits are representative of my portrait paintings of peoples of the world.   Whether my subject is from Asia, Africa or America, they are each an expression of the potential in each man to a better world of peace and brotherhood.

A very large part of my work is inspired and driven by my Jewish heritage.   Judaism and its culture inspire me and are very much the fabric of my life.

 The threads of this fabric are in the life cycle events, the weekly Sabbath observance, the yearly observance of festivals and major holidays.  I find myself being inspired by words, lines and stories in the Torah.   It is here that I find beauty and joy and which I express in my art.   In my teaching career, I encountered this wonderment through the innocent eyes of my young students.

I feel that I have important things to say to the world through my paintings.   I delve into the deep meanings of the universe and confront the beauty and miseries that surround us in our every day world.

In an art world that is fast becoming exclusively abstract, the viewer sometimes needs a jolt of reality to face the world that surrounds him.  And yet it is in my individual expression of this realism that I find my personal voice, through risk taking, boldness and  color!