"Solitude" Painting

I've been selling my art online and in local galleries for the past few years. My roots have always been art and photography. I'm a graduate from the School of Visual Arts in New York City with a Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree. It was from these early experiences that I honed my craft as a cinematographer for more the 20 years. My work has taken me all over the Country and the Caribbean. Originally from a small New England town on Cape Cod, I grew up with a landscape of quaint villages, beaches and the ocean. This environment inspired one of my favorite artist, part-time resident Edward Hopper. I like giving things the, "lived in" look in most of my work. I love going into my own world and getting lost in the painting. On a lot of occasions I will pull over to the side of a road and get a picture for inspiration to paint. When I get inspired by something I have to get it out, I have to create. I see the world
differently than most being that I use my eye for a living and transcend it to my work from behind the lens to a canvas. I have an impressionistic style, I try to stay loose. I approach lighting in the lens like I do on a painting. I find a key source of light and manipulate it to create texture and shadow. Just like cinematography, I'm always learning.