Jeff’s a drawer.

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Studied Philosophy and Performing Arts:  Colby College

Studied Mandarin in Beijing, China

Worked with Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India

Worked in Group Homes assisting Down’s Syndrome and Autistic adults in Massachusetts

BFA in Illustration:  Montserrat College of Art 

Moved to Manhattan, NY

In 2000, I was one of the artists chosen to work on the Sol LeWitt Retrospective at the Whitney Museum.

MFA in Drawing:  New York Academy of Art 

Full time Drawer and Writer

Artist Statement:

Delicate, fragile and sturdy. Brittle and flexible, quiet and loud.

I use paper and pencil. Paper will disappear someday, either soon or soon enough. On the other hand, pencil can smudge, fade, erase and in the end, is difficult to entirely remove.

I combine sharp line work with gentle study of light and form. Smooth scratching.

The drawings are small and as such, invite the viewer to come close to see the dance of small markings that create the whole movement. In that expense of energy, the viewer’s focus is activated thus offering back to the drawing the intent originally presented to the observer.

As to how my work fits into art tradition or history, I’m one in a multitude of people over the centuries and beyond who’ve chosen to perform the task of drawing. Making signals to suggest emotions and investigate reality.

We start making our marks from birth with whatever materials we have. A child’s hand on the parent’s shoulder, an invisible mark that can never be removed.