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Artist Statement:
I am commonly referred to as
an American folk artist,
although I feel most
comfortable with the term
“self-taught”. My art work is
entirely carved in white pine
and then painted with
acrylics. Each piece is a
unique handmade original piece
of art. I am untaught and
untrained as a visual artist.
I learned a number of useful
skills by building my own
house, and during my work in
the trades as a signpainter
and carpenter.
I was born in Doylestown,
Pennsylvania in 1950. I have
lived in Ithaca, New York ever
since I graduated from Cornell
'72 with a major in creative
writing. While at Cornell, I
wanted to be a writer. One
year after graduating my
father gave me a painted wood
carving he had made of me at
the farm where I grew up. I
soon started to make carvings
as well. Eventually I stopped
writing and moved entirely to
making my carved visual
stories. My subject matter
usually is of places and
feelings that are important to
me, and I think of my artwork
as a “picture diary”.
My woodcarved and painted folk
art pictures are entirely
carved on rough cut white pine
boards that ...
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Art in the Following Collections:
Smithsonian Institute, White House Easter Egg Collection
American Museum in Britain, Bath, England
American Museum of Folk Art, New York, NY
Absolut Vodka Collection
Fenimore Art Museum, N.Y. Historical Association
High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia.
Petullo Foundation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
National Museum of Women and the Arts, Washington, DC
Women's Rights National Historical Park, Seneca Falls, NY
Coca-Cola Company
Historic Ithaca
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