I lucked out with Elaine Reichek. She was in town for the unveiling of her facade project for the Gardner Museum. It’s taken from the correspondence between Mrs. G. and Henry James. David and his crew had just finished installing the piece when I met up with Elaine for a talk in the Living Room…. (read more)
I was so glad that I got the opportunity to reconnect with Dr. Jennifer Hall. She has long been an inspiration and a touchstone for me in my artistic practice and my teaching practice. Jen was recently made Professor Emerita of Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where she taught for over 30 years. She… (read more)
I have been working on this painting for about a year now. It did not start out looking like this. I had a photograph as a reference for this painting. I don’t normally work from photos; it’s too difficult for me. I start to feel some kind of weird responsibility, as if the painting won’t… (read more)
Steve Locke: I have been following your work since we met at Skowhegan 2009 (and I’m lucky enough to have one of your works on paper). I have always felt an affinity for your work not just because of the subject, but because of the qualities of the paintings themselves. You have a way of… (read more)
I have been making watercolors for almost a year now. I started by accident really. It was around my birthday and my friends Susanna and her sister Jane invited me to come to their place in Connecticut for a few days to hang out. My friend Linda came too. Jane even made me an incredible… (read more)
Steve Locke: I think you are making some very challenging and gorgeous paintings, they were a high point of the last DeCordova Biennial. The ones that Lexi Lee Sullivan chose for that show married a haptic and almost brutal paint handling to elegant and bravura drawing. The result was spell binding. Like Vija Celmins, you… (read more)
SL: I was a big fan of the work you had at the previous deCordova Biennial. That work, titled Any Color You Like, did something so immediate and captivating that I am still thinking about it. You hear a lot of talk about audience engagement and interactivity in contemporary art but in all honestly,… (read more)
Like a lot of artists, particularly painters, I’ve made my share of self-portraits. I did these paintings to teach myself about myself, to mark time, to solve a painting problem, a variety of reasons. Not all of them are art, but the ones that are have a special place in my practice. I look at… (read more)
I loved the MoMA show and I had a deep and visceral reaction to it. I actually began to cry in the galleries. This surprised me a great deal, mostly because I know the work and I sort of knew what to expect. It is overwhelming for me to think about the ideas and reactions… (read more)
I want to say thank you to Alivia Zivich and DLECTRICITY 2014 for allowing me to present at this year’s festival. I did an untitled project with three neons installed on historic Woodward Avenue in Detroit. Here’s my statement about the work: A large part of my practice as a painter involves language. My use… (read more)