"The Ribbon" Painting

I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t painting.
Originally from a small town in New Hampshire, I spent many years living in New York City. Seeking a slower pace and the opportunity to make painting my primary focus, I relocated to Cali, Colombia, where my wife and I own a small yoga studio and share our home with our cats. This lifestyle provides me with the time, space, and support to continue creating, drawing inspiration from both my imagination and
the world around me.
Some ideas arrive fully formed in my mind; others emerge only after I stretch a canvas and allow the process to unfold. While my work is figurative and often thematic, my primary interests lie in compositional movement and geometric structure. Certain signature elements appear throughout my paintings. Primary- colored circles represent the fundamental building blocks of existence. The female figure serves as a central motif, symbolizing strength, resilience, and the enduring power of humanity. Touches of silver create reflective surfaces that extend beyond the two-dimensional
plane, shifting with changes in light and perspective.
The themes I explore often focus on the earthly and frequently overlooked aspects of our world, society, and human experience. My goal is to present these subjects in a realistic, un-sensationalized way, inviting viewers to discover new
meaning in the familiar and the commonality in our
differences. A kind of real world fantasy.
Acrylic paint on stretched canvas allows me to come closest to achieving the visual effect I seek. I love every stage of the process, from cutting the wood, to stretching the canvas, to reaching that moment when I know anything more would be
too much. Once a painting is complete, I begin again.
I never see my easel as empty.