Artist Statement
Where my inspiration comes from
Bridges: Their variety, size, and geometry is boundless and full of energy. Truss, Beam, Suspension, Span, Counterweight, Turnstile, Vertical Lift: a bridge can be a link between people, a conduit for ideas and commerce, the beginning of a journey, a landmark, a symbol of power, or a humble way to cross a creek.
Boats: I'm inspired by the sight of a harbor packed full of fishing trawlers and draggers all tethered in dock by massive ropes; mechanical parts rusted from the salt air, their shaggy nets neatly wound up and ready for the next trip. They embody hard work.
Landscapes: It's not only beauty and peace I find in so compelling in the natural world, but also the traces that human beings leave behind, the things we build and abandon, our influence on climate and environment.
Azorean Dreams: A once-in-a-lifetime trip to these breathtaking volcanic islands provided a bounty of subject-matter for paintings.
Old Rhode Island: These paintings were developed from sketches drawn by my Great-Great Grandfather, the artist Julius Ludovici in the 1880s. He summered on the Rhode Island coast around Jamestown and Narragansett Bay; much the same scenery that captivated the Luminists. It was thrilling to recapture the light, vegetation, structures, and the open coastal views of the 19th century from a 21st century vantage point.