| Artist's Statement |
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| As a student at the School of the Art |
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| Institute in Chicago in the early 50's, my |
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| main interest was figurative drawing and |
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| painting. Later I learned the technique of |
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etching and for a number of years I |
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| concentrated on producing etchings, but my |
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| continued interest in figurative work led me |
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back to drawing and painting from live |
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models. Fortunately in Evanston I found |
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The Figurative Art League where a group |
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of artists hire models and work together. |
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(In time I became director of this |
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organization.) For a while I did drawings in |
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charcoal or pastel, which seemed the |
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perfect media to capture a quality of life |
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in the models. Later feeling frustrated by |
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my inability to produce a richness of tone |
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in my drawing, I started painting once again, |
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I felt only by painting with oils could my work |
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have the desired richness of color. |
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I believe painting gives me the greatest |
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potential for expression, but at the same |
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time is the ultimate challenge,for it is difficult |
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to develop a realistic painting and keep |
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the work fresh and spontaneous through |
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each stage of development. I continue |
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to do quick sketches from model, for I |
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love the chance to catch the beauty and |
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movement of the human form. In both |
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drawing and painting I strive to produce |
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a work that captures the visual excitement |
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I feel when observing the spatial and color |
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relationships I observe in my subjects. |
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