As a hearing impaired person I use my artwork to create communication. The silence allows me to focus on how to connect with my audience by using colors, textures, or even words. I want the viewer to feel raw emotion and self-reflection, thus creating their own internal conversation.
The balance and intrigue of a project comes to fruition when I can combine multi-layers of materials to create my pieces. Before I start that session I have already visualized the finished product. But sometimes it grows and evolves in a new direction, like a person with different strengths and personalities.
Current and Upcoming Shows
- Mamaroneck Artist Guild - "Seeing RED: Art from the HeART" (virtual) - February 1-28, 2021
- New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson's Office at City Hall - "America Embedded" - currently on loan
Publications and Media
- 2019 (7/21) CBS Sunday Morning Show
- 2019 (June/July) Big City Rhythm and Blues Magazine "Art of the Blues"
- 2018 Film: EGG
Awards
- 2021 First Place - My Eyes on You (fine crafts) - New Rochelle Art Association Adolph Grant Award Show
- 2021 Second Place - Dragonfly Sky (fine crafts) - New Rochelle Art Association Adolph Grant Award Show
- 2020 Third Place - Remembering Henry (fine crafts) - The New Rochelle Art Association 105th Annual Open Juried Show
- 2020 First Place - Sound of Sunshine (fine crafts) - New Rochelle Art Association Jules Bauer Award Show
- 2020 Third Place - Red Sunflowers (mixed media) - New Rochelle Art Association Jules Bauer Award Show
- 2018 Honorable Mention - Blue Fish School (mixed media) - New Rochelle Art Association Adolph Grant Award Show
- 2018 Honorable Mention - Little Bird with the Broken Heart (mixed media) - New Rochelle Art Association Jules Bauer Award Show
- 2017 Third Place - Passion (mixed media) - The New Rochelle Art Association 102nd Annual Open Juried Show
- 2017 First Place - Family Tree (mixed media) / Honorable Mention - Dreamscape (mixed media) - Beaux Arts Finale, Westchester
- 2017 Third Place - Texting (mixed media) - New Rochelle Art Association Jules Bauer Award Show
- 2017 Best in Show / First Place - Dreamscape (mixed media)) - Bronxville Beaux Arts Exhibition
- 2017 Third Place - Feminine Bondage (mixed media) - New Rochelle Art Association Dermot Gale Award Show
- 2016 Third Place - Family Tree (mixed media) - New Rochelle Art Association Adolph Grant Award Show
- 2016 Honorable Mention - White Noise of Deafness (acrylic) - White Plains Beaux Arts Exhibition
- 2016 First Place - Family Tree (mixed media) - Dobbs Ferry Beaux Arts Exhibition
- 2015 Honorable Mention - Dreamscape (mixed media) - The New Rochelle Art Association 100th Annual Open Juried Show
- 2015 Fundraiser selection (2 artworks) for permanent installations at the Marys Avenue Campus of Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley's Mental Health Services - 19th Annual Fall for ART Fundraiser, Jewish Federation of Ulster County
- 2014 Second Place - Broken Marriage (other) - Dobbs Ferry Beaux Arts
Past Exhibitions
- 2020 The New Rochelle Art Association 105th Annual Open Juried Show, New Rochelle, NY
- 2020 New Rochelle Art Association Jules Bauer Award Show, New Rochelle, NY
- 2019 SK Art Gallery, White Plains, NY - "Kristallnacht"
- 2019 The New Rochelle Art Association 104th Annual Open Juried Show, New Rochelle, NY
- 2019 The Art Closet Gallery, Chappaqua, NY -"How Does It Figure Exhibit"
- 2019 PAA - Peekskill Open Studios "Off the Beaten Track" WCC Gallery, Peekskill, NY
- 2019 New Rochelle Art Association Jules Bauer Award Show, New Rochelle, NY
- 2019 53rd Annual Artists of Northern Westchester Show, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
- 2019 New Rochelle Art Association Dermot Gale Award Show, New Rochelle, NY
- 2018 Mooney Center Gallery, The College of New Rochelle - "Personal Best"
- 2018 Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY - "Winter Chill Out"
- 2018 Field Gallery, Peekskill, NY - "Winter: Darkness and Light"
- 2018 New Rochelle Art Association Adolph Grant Award Show, New Rochelle, NY
- 2018 New Rochelle High School Gallery - "ART4PEACE"
- 2018 Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, NY - "Kinda Blue"
- 2018 Hastings-on-Hudson Village Hall Gallery, NY - "The River Flows Both Ways"
- 2018 The New Rochelle Art Association 103rd Annual Open Juried Show, New Rochelle, NY
- 2018 PAA - Peekskill Open Studios "Off the Beaten Track" WCC Gallery, Peekskill, NY
- 2018 Peekskill Coffee House, Peekskill, NY - "Music as Art" (solo show)
- 2018 Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT - Contemporary Show
- 2018 New Rochelle Art Association Jules Bauer Award Show, New Rochelle, NY
- 2018 52nd Annual Artists of Northern Westchester Show, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
- 2018 New Rochelle Art Association Dermot Gale Award Show. New Rochelle, NY
- 2017 "Big Action in Small Spaces" - Lord and Andra Gallery, 10 Division St, New Rochelle, NY (group show)
- 2017 The New Rochelle Art Association 102nd Annual Open Juried Show, New Rochelle, NY
- 2017 Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT - Annual Members Show
- 2017 Hastings-on-Hudson Village Hall Gallery, NY - "How High The Moon"
- 2017 Beaux Arts Finale Exhibition, Westchester County, NY
- 2017 Ground Floor Coworking Gallery, New Rochelle, NY - "All I See Is Red"
- 2017 Good Choice Kitchen, Ossining, NY (solo show)
- 2017 New Rochelle Art Association Jules Bauer Award Show, New Rochelle, NY
- 2017 PAA - "Transplanted: Hopes, Fears and Dreams" Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill, NY
- 2017 PAA - Peekskill Open Studios "Off the Beaten Track" WCC Gallery, Peekskill, NY
- 2017 Open Studios, Westchester Arts Council Art Bash, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY
- 2017 New Rochelle Art Association Dermot Gale Exhibition, New Rochelle, NY
- 2017 Bronxville Beaux Arts Exhibition, Bronxville, NY
- 2016 New Rochelle Art Association Adolph Grant Award Show, New Rochelle, NY
- 2016 White Plains Beaux Arts Exhibition, White Plains, NY
- 2016 Dobbs Ferry Beaux Arts Exhibition, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- 2016 New Rochelle Mayor's Office, New Rochelle, NY
- 2016 PAA - Peekskill Open Studios "Off the Beaten Track" WCC Gallery, Peekskill, NY
- 2016 March - "Mindscapes" Hendrick Hudson Free Library (solo show), Montrose, NY
- 2015 White Plains Beaux Arts Exhibition, White Plains, NY
- 2015 Dobbs Ferry Beaux Arts Exhibition, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- 2015 The New Rochelle Art Association 100th Annual Open Juried Show, New Rochelle, NY
- 2015 19th Annual Fall for ART Fundraiser, Jewish Federation of Ulster County, Kingston, NY
- 2015 Beale Street Barbershop, Peekskill, NY (solo show)
- 2015 50th Annual Artists of Northern Westchester Show, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
- 2015 PAA - Peekskill Open Studios "Off the Beaten Path" WCC Gallery, Peekskill, NY
- 2014 Dobbs Ferry Beaux Arts Exhibition, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- 2014 PAA - Peekskill Open Studios - Truck Gallery and Sneak Peek Gallery, Peekskill, NY