About Me Continued

amount of studio work: shooting upcoming actors, musicians and entertainers.

I put down my cameras in 1985 and did an about face.  I entered a Ph.D. program in the field of Sociology.  Though an important experience, I realized that  this wasn’t what I was suppose to be doing, petitioned for my Masters and left.  I entered a period of reflection; I entered my desert, lost.  

In the 90's, I moved to northern California, volunteered at the local PBS station", and producing their Community Datebook.  Within a short time, I became their Producer Director and  their primary graphic artist and photographer.

Late 90s, I decided to begin my own graphic business, the Great McGarigal Grafx Company.    I took art classes to improve my graphic work, but instead of achieving that  goal, I found my passion: long missing since my furtive photographic years.  I metaphorically left my desert and began painting.  

My artwork has been classified as a mixture of neo-abstract expressionist, with surrealist imagery.  If this sounds Greek it, simply put, these labels mean that I paint what I feel, what I intuit. My vision comes from my imagination while leaning heavily on personal experiences.  I’ve been interpreting  Supertramp's music into rhythmic watercolors, and hence, in addition to the above labels, I am also considered  a synthesist.  

Within my portfolios, you will find descriptions of various pieces that better explain the intentions of various projects.  My paintings and etchings have won many awards including several awards of excellence at the California State Fair.  

I am currently looking for gallery  representation and a publisher. Though I haven’t priced my artwork online at this time, it is for sale.  If interested please contact me.

Art inspires us, gives meaning to our lives and permanence to a society.  It is the soul of a civilization.  Support the arts, support me.  Buy a button, bumper sticker, tee shirt, mug,  magnet or calendar, and I promise that I will help to support other up and coming artists.                                                                              back