ProfileI create images that I find compelling, so that I may share them with others through my art. I take inspiration from nature and the bountiful beauty that surrounds us. In nature, I look for patterns, colors, and shapes to convey a feeling or sense of space. My photography also provides inspiration and serves as reference for my paintings.
ExperienceI am a painter, born and raised in Massachusetts. I studied Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, and Printmaking at Boston University, and Graphic Design and Illustration at U.C.Berkeley Extension in San Francisco. I have been making art for over 50 years. My work is in numerous private collections and has been featured in national publications and group shows in Amesbury, Boston, Chelmsford, Concord, Lowell, and New York City. While working as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer in the mid-1990s, I began a career with the National Park Service, continuing to express myself creatively by producing posters, flyers, collages, exhibits, and photographing nature. After retiring, I returned to producing my art full-time.
EducationBoston University, Boston MA, 1974-1976, 1978-1980
University of California Berkeley, San Francisco Extension, 1985-1988
Current Galleriesalchemy + art gallery, Amesbury, MA
Arts League of Lowell Cooperative Gallery, Lowell, MA
Ayer Lofts Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
Teravarna Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Recent Exhibitions2023Down to The Seaside: Solo Show, Sept-Oct, 2023, Gallery Once, Rueben Hoar Library, Littleton, MA
Home, Fall Art Exhibition, Oct 2023-Jan 2024, Lowell Senior Center, Lowell, MA
Flair! The Ferrara Fall Exhibit, Sept 2023, The Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
Red, Sept-Oct 2023, alchemy + art gallery, Amesbury, MA
Finalist Award, 6th Flower International Juried Art Competition, July 2023, Teravarna Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Chelmsford Art Society Summer Members Show, July 2023, Chelmsford Public Library, Chelmsford, MA
Chelmsford Art Society 4th of July Arts Festival Exhibition, Chelmsford Center for The Arts, Chelmsford, MA
Summer Members Show, July-Aug 2023, Ayer Lofts Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
Summer Art Exhibition, July-Sept 2023, Lowell Senior Center, Lowell, MA
Embracing Nature, June-Aug 2023, alchemy + art gallery, Amesbury, MA
Earthscapes: Land, Sea, and Air, May 2023, Gallery Z, Lowell, MA
Red, White, or Blue, May-July 2023, ALL Arts Gallery, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA
Reflections: Listening to Nature, Earth Month Exhibition, April 2023, The Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, MA
The Artrageous Art Exhibition and Auction, March 2023, The Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, MA
Here We Are: Faces of Creativity in Lowell, Feb-March 2023, Greenwald Gallery, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA
RE-EMERGENCE: The Art of Jim Roberts, March-April 2023, Solo Show, Ayer Lofts Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
2022joy of living: summertime, Jun-Aug 2022, alchemy + art, Amesbury, MA
Summer Art, Members Show, July 2022, Ayer Lofts Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
Light and Dark, Sep-Oct 2022, alchemy + art, Amesbury, MA
Printmaking: From Silly Putty to Silkscreen, Sep-Oct 2022, ALL Arts Gallery, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA
Autumn Art, Members Show, September 2022, Ayer Lofts Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
Creative Gifting, Nov-Dec 2022, ALL Arts Gallery, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA
The Big Small Works Show, Nov 2022-Jan 2023, alchemy + art, Amesbury, MA
It’s Cold Outside, Winter Members Show, Dec 2022, Ayer Lofts Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
Talent Prize Award, 6th Landscape International Juried Art Competition, Dec 2022, Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Finalist Award, 5th Flower International Juried Art Competition, Dec 2022-Jan 2023, Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, CA