Artist Statement

I am primarily a self taught painter. I build on my own work from one painting to the next, and have developed my own technique and style with hand and brush through years of studying and truly seeing the subjects I portray. I express myself by painting what I see in the world around me.

Due to the pervasive nature of technology in our lives, many of us don’t take time to appreciate the many moments and images which surround us daily. I am recording those images in my paintings.

Paintings have two lives. One in which I am the creator expressing my personal feelings during the process of painting a piece. This life ends when I have completed the piece. The second and more important life of a painting pertains to how the viewer is affected by the piece.