I’m an artist based in central Connecticut. My work explores the intersections of perception and reality, ranging from representational depictions of human experience to formal explorations of consciousness and the world surrounding it.
After earning a BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design — where I studied both conceptual thinking and traditional representational painting, particularly oil portraiture — I spent over 20 years in Los Angeles as a visual designer, creating user experiences and graphic art. Those years, working in graphic and digital mediums, helped me move outside of realism, encouraged economy of form, and deepened my affinity for modernism and minimalism. These experiences continue to shape how I approach composition, color, and clarity as I return to drawing and painting.
My work navigates the space between our external and internal experiences, exploring how thought, feeling, and reality intersect to create perception. In figurative work, I depict human experience, often through portraiture — sometimes grounded in recognizable reality, sometimes filtered through a surreal or imagined lens. In abstract pieces, I pursue formalism, focusing less on literal representation and more on the psychological and emotional experience of the work itself. In any case, the technical execution of the craft is paramount.
I am interested in contradictions and dualities — the tension between idealization and cynicism, clarity and ambiguity, being and non-being, etc. Nature, humanity, and the environments we inhabit are ever-present threads. My goal is to create pictures that invite reflection, prompting viewers to consider their own perceptions and responses rather than simply presenting an answer.
My practice today continues to span portraiture and figurative oil painting; the occasional digital and hybrid illustration projects and logo designs; and, increasingly, abstract mixed-media work that incorporates oil, acrylic, and both wet and dry drawing media. Across all of these areas, I am drawn to a balance between conceptual clarity and expressive experimentation. Painting, in particular, challenges me to slow down, embrace uncertainty, and to engage with the subtleties of mark, texture, and tone. Each work is an experiment in consciousness and execution — an external expression of internal experience.
Ultimately, my practice is about exploration and engagement in search of meaning — both for myself and for those who encounter my work. It is a way to share in an examination of existence.