Artist Statement~

Speed, light, color and texture represent the content of my observations of the world around us. All essential painting reveals and reflects on these subjects. This is my focus as a painter and these concepts drive the character of my work. It is the ability to capture time with the beauty of color and texture that makes for a great picture and my work is meant to capture your eye, lead it to see color and light in ways that are unfamiliar. And, because these works are bold gestures of life, they tend to explode off the canvas more as a 3 dimensional sculpture than traditional paintings. Contrast moves one’s eye and one’s mind. Painting that, consistently, is my goal.

Education

1998 B.A. degree, Northwestern University, Evanston, Il (English Lit)

1998-2000 Art Institute of Chicago, School of Continuing Studies

2001 Cooper Union School of Continuing Studies

2002-2005 The Art Students League of New York (Studied under Larry Poons)

Exhibitions

November 2014 Alizarin Gallery, solo show, Durham, NC

June 2006 - Present Chef & the Farmer, Kinston, NC

March 2005 Field Trip Factory, Chicago, IL

March 2005 Art Students League of New York, group show

December 2004 Pecan Community Bakery, 130 Franklin St., New York, NY

October 2004 The Coach House, 13 Cornelia St.

August 2004 A.I.R. Gallery, group show, 511 W. 25th St., New York, NY

August 2004 Bar 288 Elizabeth St. Art Wall