After studying painting and art history at Brandeis, I pursued my MD and practiced psychiatry for many years, and later returned to painting. I am interested in the concept of enantiodromia–the notion that everything in the psyche also contains its opposite. It’s a matter of balance and equilibrium. My work is informed by a variety of sources including neuroanatomy, photojournalism, and analytical psychology. My aim is to take aspects of seemingly disparate subjects and create paintings which visually make sense. There are always twists and turns, both conscious and unconscious. I have to be open to serendipity in my seriousness. 

My works embrace the world of abstraction, but I do not necessarily consider them non-representational. Over the years I have done a number of series, including reflections of my time in Cuba, my responses to the AIDS epidemic, the events of 9/11 (“Falling Man”). and explorations into Kabbalah. As a painter, I like the rich tradition we have, but eventually you make your own path, what Jung called individuation. History is important but in the end I want my paintings to reflect my individual psyche, my view of the world, and my human hand.