My job as an artist is to uplift your spirit and explore the mysterious presence of human emotion that lives unconsciously in the body, primarily, the hands of artists who are devoted to their visions.
When I was first asked to create 9/11 art work I was not sure I could do it. Then one day having a serious conversation about some art work I had just sold it came to me what I must do.
9/11
9/11 it so important Day for me cause of meaning that Darkness and Evil sometimes may win.
And it will be just horrible if you're not will be able to fight with Devil by mean of Light.
At Ground Zero after 9/11 I aided Suree Towfighnia in filming “Caution: 2001”. They called it a “crime scene” and barred all media. I had my sketchbook. I began to draw. The humble act of drawings they allowed.
Shortly after the tragedies of September 11, 2001, the Special Collections Department at Hofstra University established its September 11 Project Collection and began collecting a wide variety of material related to the devastating events of that day.
I have been painting in my studio since the mid-fifties. My teachers were members of The New York School. I gravitated to Tenth Street, the Cedar Tavern and The Club, a gathering place for the “painting obsessed artist.”
