about nightlark arts

                            ...KLH Art.....Kricket...Arthealer the ever-evolving bio  

Nightlark Art home of self taught, outsider artist KLH: gallery of contemporary art.
                           abstract art paintings, digital art, healing art.
 

Painting since I can remember, I have photos of my little hands with paint-brush in hand as young as a year old.
Well before, the age five I  knew I wanted to be a painter. I am a "self taught artist". I was born in time of the summer of love and the turbulent times of war, both of which has influenced my life a great deal. I was raised in Lexington, Massachusetts... I hope to bring my art to world and share the power of art to heal, like the birth of a "new art r-evolution". 

There are times when many, many paintings are born within a short period of time contrasting with times the creations are incubating. Following the ebb and flow of the mysterious creative process. My paintings originate from the creative source,emotions/psyche,  dreams, nature, vivid-inner visual images, meditation, and in response to life & society. My creations are created spontaneously/organically.

I am compelled to create them, sometimes I see them complete in my mind and cannot get the image out of mind until they are a finished painting.  It is quite a task to bring them into being... especially as they often come more than one at time. I have been called an  action, abstract, expressive, and transformational painter. But I am not sure what (if any) category my art really adheres to....the paintings and digital art results in a wide array of styles and for me the experience & process of painting them varies greatly as well.

I am fascinated with both Ancient/Primal Art (cave, rock, symbolism) equally as with present day Experimental Art – Emerging Art
(paint, computer, music, and installations) and the synthesis of varied modalities in a new artistic process. 

 I am inspired by nature, music, dreams, visions, the magical way of children, and the healing potential of creative expression.

                                  According to Dan Prince Outsider-Self taught Art Dealer and Author of  
                                             the book Passing in the Outsider Lane - after viewing my art:
                                    " Keep painting with the jolts of energy. The moments of peace, and your best
                                     effort to do art from the heart -- please keep doing what you are doing!"

If you are interested in self taught and folk art you can click here to see his book on Amazon. He has been collecting and writing about
self taught artists for well over two decades. I met him while he was on his book tour in 1995. I had never heard of the term "outsider artist" until I met him. I recently found out he has put selected photos of my paintings, spoken word poetry, correspondence, and one of my sound collages in an  archive collection titled "The STAR Outsider Art Collection" at Vanderbilt University. My work and the work of many other artists are archived to preserve the art of self taught artists for scholarly research in the future, like a time capsule, to document  art and culture of these times. 

I  was raised and now live in New England, I have also lived in Virginia & Tennessee. My paintings have been exhibited in various New England art shows, festivals, and cafes.  They have also been show projected onto a screen behind a techno-trance band at the Cambridge House of Blues. (a donation of a "projector" would get me out doing this kind of show more often- so if you have an extra one... think of seeing my art full size on movie screen)
 
I was a contributing member of Global Art Project (GAP) Arizona, donating a circular painting reflecting in Mandela form: the inter-relationshipand harmony possible between all beings, starting in the center with the self, in support of The Global Art Project 1998. I also sponsored a local high school art class to participate in the Global Art Project 2004 (It is really amazing what they created and donated! It is on one of my painting pages if you wish to see it)