About

As far back as I can remember I have painted pictures. If it were possible to have come out of the womb with a brush in the hand…then that would have been me. The first fourteen years of my life, I studied art with my grandfather, a medical illustrator, Dr Frank H Netter. At the end of each day, my grandfather would stop work and we would critique each other’s work; what was good, what was bad, and where we needed to concentrate. Sometimes he would teach me what I needed to learn at that moment.

As I grew older, I expanded my horizons, and my grandfather suggested The Art Students League. I spent my weekends and summer there. Those years gave me exposure to new techniques, providing me with a traditional foundation of drawing and painting. I discovered the medium of oils and the richness of color and how to draw the human figure.

As it was time to choose a college for continuing my education…and the prospect of being a starving artist in a garret, while a romantic idea, not my style. So off to Pratt Institute to become a commercial artist. Little did I realize that as a profession it wasn’t going to fulfill my self-expressions. After a few years, in the profession, I stopped, and switched direction for work taking a 9-5 job. That enabled me to have time to paint, but little time to promote the work.

During the pandemic I began exploring the city taking photos and began to see a vision of a new world occurring in my photos. I realized that photography provides a new form of expression which was not present in my paintings.