Living the Good Life: Artwork

Oil Painting

I studied charcoal pencil drawing and oil painting at an art gallery in Kaohsiung while living in Taiwan. I began with still life and figure drawing and progressed to landscape oil painting. I plan to continue painting while living in PEI.

First oil painting, completed December 2011

Glassblowing

Interior view of "Cane Vase"

I was introduced to glassblowing at Salem State University during my spring semester in 2007. I completed four undergraduate courses and assisted in teaching a beginner level course. During my last semester at SSC I did a graduate directed study in glass. I continued to expand my knowledge of glassblowing at the NOCA Glass School in Cambridge while living in the Boston area.

My artwork has been displayed at the Marblehead Farmers Market and I have been invited to the Emerson Umbrella Winter Market in Concord as a visiting artist for the past three years. I have also made commissioned pieces upon request. I will be posting selected images of my glass art below, and some items may be available for purchase. Please contact me for more information.

Wrap Vase

Speckled Vase

Incalmo Vase

Cane Vase

Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

South America Superlatives

Most stairs I have ever had to climb at a hostel - 106 (Brazil)

Best street food - Santa Cruz, Boliva

Best ice cream flavor - Crema Voltiada (Peru)

Best fruit salads - Cochabamba, Bolivia

Most populated city I visited - Santiago, Chile

Highest (altitude) city - La Paz, Bolivia

Most beautiful city by day - Buenos Aires, Argentina

Most beautiful city at night - Lima, Peru

Best swimming pools - El Cajon del Maipo, Chile

Longest bus ride - Over 16 Hours

Cheapest place I stayed - Bolivia

Most expensive place I stayed - Chile

Official song of Ambue Ari - Dame Chocolate, Azul Azul

Best slang word I learned - Bom Bon

My least favorite thing on this earth - MOSQUITOS!

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Oil Painting

I studied charcoal pencil drawing and oil painting at an art gallery in Kaohsiung while living in Taiwan. I began with still life and figure drawing and progressed to landscape oil painting. I plan to continue painting while living in PEI.

Glassblowing

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