About Me

 

Born and raised in the Rocky Mountain West, I gained a deep appreciation of natural aesthetics, freedom, and a sense of space, all of which influence my artwork.

I worked for many years as an engineer, and that experience structured how I looked at the world. I used science and math as my language...until the analytical side of my brain had a chance to turn its focus on itself, and how it was interacting with the world.

A freak injury gave me a chance at a new perspective. I saw that, by embracing the artist I had always been---rather than confining it---I could use art as a more efficient means of making a difference in people's perceptions and experiences. In 2023 I achieved a major step in my artistic dreams by graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).

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In my landscapes, I try to represent places as unique spaces, ones that respectfully ask for an emotional response from the viewer. Conversely, with my portraits of people and animals, I try to show the subjects as unique individuals themselves, each responding to their own respective environments in their own way. By presenting these subjects on a more intimate level I try to encourage the viewer to empathize with the situation with a little more insight than might normally be spared in a brief moment. Occasionally I create abstract or surreal worlds where physical laws are optional, while strategically injecting measures of irony, reality, and perhaps some tongue-in-cheek humor.

 

My goal with each piece, regardless of genre, is to create a moment of pause in the never-ending internal dialogue that we all have. Hopefully the viewer can use that pause to catch their breath and reflect a bit within themselves, replacing the "normal" narrative with their own, possibly more enlightened, narrative.

I currently live in Georgia where I make paintings, installations, and mixed media artworks.