The interior offers rooms on the second floor for preparations and dressing, and the main floor has an extensive dining room, as well as smaller, more intimate lounging areas, and a grand staircase. The rear patio can be covered and accommodates more dining and dancing. The grounds include a rose garden, which is often used for the wedding ceremony, as well as gardens and larger open and wooded areas.

I always look forward to photographing weddings at Mooreland Mansion; the views are spectacular, the interior is attractive, and the staff is always very professional and great to work with!

Kayleigh and Dan, who call New York home, invited quite the crowd from here and there to celebrate.

Early drawings, prints, and other work reveal patterns and themes which manifest themselves in my work to this day. This exhibit is a glimpse at seldom or never before seen artwork from the mid 1980s, and is a companion retrospective to my exhibit of early photography work from the same era.

As a young artist growing up, I used to create literally piles of drawings and artwork, all stashed around the house, and most, unfortunately, ended up in the trash. When I got to art school, I made a point to keep most of my work, and have done so diligently, carting several large portfolios and countless boxes of photographs and negatives from dwelling to dwelling. The work sat undisturbed and un-viewed for the most part, maybe catching a quick glimpse before being re-stored in a new home. All the while I was reminded of the regret of not having my childhood drawings, and so I felt justified packing and storing this material. In recent years I’ve finally begun to look at this old work, everything from sketchbooks and life drawings, to prints and paintings, and of course all of my photography from that era. I have been struck, that over 25 years later, I can trace themes and aesthetic ideas all the way back to that time, ideas I wouldn’t necessarily have been aware of earlier, but which have become very apparent now. I was also struck that a good portion of the work, while perhaps immature at times, really wasn’t all that bad!! Now, all of these years later, I’m inspired to pick up pencil and paper again (but that will be the subject of a future exhibition…)

So it is with great pleasure that I present another installment of my own personal retrospective, this time featuring mostly drawings and prints from the time just before I picked up a camera in earnest, and drifted away from drawing all together.

self portrait at Irv's Diner, etching

Cutting Portraits While Waiting for the Gasman, woodcut

self portrait with turntable, woodcut

self portrait--holiday greeting, woodcut

The Move Out, lithograph

Man of Showers, etching

Man of Showers, etching and monoprint

Man of Showers 1, acrylic

untitled self portrait with VW, charcoal on paper

untitled self portrait with VW, acrylic on canvas

untitled self portrait with VW, charcoal on paper

VW Kharmann-Ghia, the artist's first car, and inspiration for several pieces

untitled suite, charcoal on paper

untitled, charcoal on paper

untitled, charcoal on paper

Here are a few highlights:

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Actor and writer Michael Villella

You can catch Michael at the Cinema Wasteland Expo this weekend at the Holiday Inn in Strongsville, where he will be reunited with cast and crew of Slumber Party Massacre, the 1982 cult favorite slasher film, in which he played Russ Thorne, the man who made you afraid of power tools.

awaiting the bride and groom during a daytime ceremony

Christmas season ceremony at Windows on the River

jumping the broom at Windows

first dance

We always look forward to shooting weddings at Windows, whether it’s the reception or the full event. Contact me for wedding photography pricing information and availability for your Cleveland area wedding at Windows on the River.