Artist Biography

            I was born and raised in Watertown, MA.  I am a self taught painter, given my first set of paints for Christmas when I was 11 years old.  My formative work with light and shadow and many of my texture techniques were learned from watching Bob Ross on PBS.  When I was young my parents owned and operated an ice cream truck and during the summers I would sit in the park with them and paint the surrounding trees and rivers .

            I graduated from Emerson College in 2000 with a degree in film.  After living in Los Angeles for my last semester of school, I lost my taste for film and returned to the Boston area.  Although I have had varying careers from bartender to office manager, I have always been a painter. 

            By day I have an office job.  At night I paint.

Artist Statement

                        My painting style is a mix of impressionism and surrealism.  The subjects vary from total abstract forms to dreamlike cityscapes.
           
For the most part my cityscapes are fictitious places, although I have painted actual locations.  Whether the place is real or not, the setting takes on a daydream quality.   The contrast between light and shadow sharply emphasized.  The colors emphatically bold.

My more abstract works tend to take the form of texture-obsessed, imaginary micro-organisms.  These often begin with a simple desire to work with a particular color or to see the way 2 colors work together or in contrast to each other. More often than not these painting are started without much of a preconceived layout but by letting the composition and structure slowly come together throughout the painting process. These tend to take the shape of imaginary micro-ecosystems which allow me to employ my skill at, and love for, shadows and strange, sometimes unreal, light sources.