Montauk Paintings
An Itinerant Artist
My introduction to art began at the age of seven, when my grandfather enrolled me in a painting class. A successful businessman who retired early to pursue painting, he built a studio in Miami Beach and painted until his passing at ninety-six. His dedication and encouragement profoundly influenced my lifelong engagement with art.
I continued painting for many years in varied settings—working on smaller pieces while traveling and expanding to larger formats whenever space and materials allowed. At the same time, I pursued a parallel vocation in medicine, driven by a desire to improve women’s lives. After completing medical school, I built a career in women’s health and global public health. Throughout that journey, I continued to paint, often creating watercolors during travels in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Now based between New York City and Montauk, I maintain a studio where I work primarily in pastels, oils, tempera, and watercolors. Since 2022, following my transition from full-time medical professional work, I have devoted more time to painting and the study of light, form, and atmosphere.
My artistic approach originates in early lessons of visual simplicity—reducing complex scenes into fundamental shapes. From there, color and perception guide the work, whether grounded in reality or informed by imagination. As Cézanne observed, “painting from nature is not copying the object, it is realizing one’s sensations.” I view each landscape as an evolving subject, transformed by light and mood, offering infinite opportunities for reinterpretation.
My current portfolio reflects a renewed attention to time and observation: the shifting architecture of trees, the dynamic edge between land and water, and the ever-changing dialogue between light and color.
In the variety of examples on my web site you can see that I like to experiment with styles of painting as influenced by the medium. You will see highly aerated skies and tight edges on others. Learning new ways to work with color and paint is a privilege and as joyous as playing a new piece of music or dance.
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