Artist's Statement

I am a self taught artist living and working in Livermore Falls, Maine. In 2006, my art and my life were transformed when I discovered reverse painting on glass.* I taught myself to make reverse painted glass necklaces after seeing reverse painted charms on the internet. It was this that led me to experiment with painting on antique windows. Through trial and error I developed a technique that is based on traditional reverse painting methods. Using this process I discovered I could achieve a bold, rich effect in my paintings, an intensity that I was striving for. Most of my windows are painted using my original photos as source material, but on occasion I have been known to ask permission to use the work of another photographer, my partner, Phil Poirier being one. Trying to keep things new and interesting, I am doing some new work using smaller pieces in restored antique or modern frames.

My work is about the freedom to express my feelings and observations of the world. It gives me the opportunity to portray to the viewer how I felt when I saw something particularly beautiful (a simple street scene) or amusing (an animal with a most endearing expression). For me art is not only a form of communication but also a form of self-reflection, an evaluation of what I find interesting or beautiful. There are moments in life when one experiences space and time to a profound degree. These are moments when the world seems inescapably clear. I try to capture the essence of these moments and attempt to show the extraordinary that lies in the ordinary. For me, these images are a reflection of our times and are part of a universal and infinite rhythm. My endeavor is to portray an ordinary moment in time as a jewel – “ Life captured in a window ”.

*Reverse painting on glass is an art form consisting of applying paint to a piece of glass and then viewing the image by turning the glassover and looking through the glass at the image.