550 Painting

A self taught artist I was born in the late 1960's to a working class family from Lynn, Massachusetts. I spent my teenage years in central New Hampshire working at my father's gas station changing tires, pumping gas and working on cars. This time period heavily influences my automotive artworks today. Cartooning and animation, especially classic Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, etc.., has had a major influence on all of my work. The precise lines, timing, slapstick and artistic design fascinates me to this day. My Pickles McGee character is somewhat modeled after those beloved old 'toons. I primarily work with acrylics and watercolor. I love the colors I can achieve with acrylics, the quick dry time and flexibility of the medium. I have written, illustrated and published a children's picture book called All Cracked Up and illustrated another picture book for a commission called The Football Princess. I have won several awards over the years for my automotive paintings. My automotive artwork is displayed at The Enchantress Gallery in Wailea, Hawaii. Several of my works are currently in private collections. Today I can be found working in my studio in a small town north of Chicago working on new paintings daily.