Old B’Nai B’rith Synagogue

There is nothing in art like leaving your studio behind, packing up the most minimal materials required—(by the way, my favorite easel holds a 7”x5” panel, comes in a tiny box that fits about five small tubes of paint and three distinctive paint brushes, and can be held comfortably, being a lefty, in my right hand)—then entering the actual world to experience painting and drawing in the natural light of day or the genuine dark of night. Painting en plein airin oil is my favorite method and medium; it is the most freeing way for this artist to paint, and offers me endless and intense sensations which I’m allowed to express quickly by spreading planes of color briskly onto a panel. Most of my larger works, developed in my studio on canvass, were originally a small work completed in about 90-minutes. If you’re like me, the more peculiar spaces in your home call for small, intimate & lovely en plein airpaintings.