In a little over a week, a showing of my Iceland-inspired paintings is opening at Great Ponds Gallery at the Lakeville Public Library. I am truly honored to be sharing these personally important paintings in a building that has meant so much to me. I will be back in Massachusetts for the opening reception and would be glad to see you, should you be able to attend. Below is the Artist Statement for your perusal.

Peaks - New Light runs from 4/12 - 5/29, 2025

at Great Ponds Gallery, Lakeville Public Library

Opening reception on Saturday, 4/12 from 11AM to 1PM

Peace, 2024 - 12” x 36” oil on cradled wood panel

Peaks - Artist Statement

When you travel to Iceland, you are met with a stunning cornucopia of natural wonders - geysers, lava fields, volcanoes, waterfalls, hot springs and crystalline ice. All beautiful and pure and (mostly) unspoiled by commercialism. Truly a landscape painter’s dream. My eyes, however, were mostly drawn to the mountains, sharply outlined against the sky, streaked with contrasting lines of oxidized red ochre, deep greenish umber and a array of dazzling blue hues that changed with the light as if through a kaleidoscope.

I visited in the early spring of 2024 and these paintings are my response to the optimism those icy peaks represented to me. They are scarred, yet strong. Solid, yet reflective of whatever light falls upon them and, to me, symbols of resilience, optimism and hope.