Artist’s Statement
Growing up on our farm, everyday I walked in and around that little shed that was our milk house — which contained a vat that held and cooled the daily production of milk from thirty cows. The fresh, cool spring water poured in from its earthly supply a thousand feet away — and surrounded the metal milk cans, as the water poured out. That ʻhouseʼ and that ʻspringʼ kept ten milk cans preserved at 40º. I never realized that this common building could become a favorite work of art.

My artistʼs eye developed slowly; it was not until I retired from medicine that my mindʼs eye drew from my rural past. The practice of acute care medicine also sharpened my artistic eye and focused my zest for life. It also heightened my senses. The art of watercolor has given me a venue to draw from the most common of scenes—from a neglected dory to a backyard hollyhock.

In the past, I have diligently listened to the artistic direction given by an Upstate NY artist, Bus Romeling (busromeling.com); he has shown me what wonders his brush and talents could do.

Though my years of artistic study, individual instructions from Guy Corriero, AWS, as well as from Jack Garver, AWS have advanced my watercolor abilities. I thank them for their patience, their talents, and the instructions given over the years.