About Me

I was born in Pennsylvania but did most of my growing up in a somewhat rural part of New Jersey close to the Delaware River. I didn't appreciate the bucolic charm of the area when I was a kid and a lot of my drawings were fantasies to take me away from it to a more exciting life. Those drawings eventually took me to the Rhode Island School of Design, and after graduating I returned home to begin a career as a graphic designer and digital illustrator.

After years of commercial work the demands of fatherhood required that I step away and focus my attention on our family. I didn't have much formal training in traditional painting while in art school but picked up a brush as a respite from diapers and feedings and laundry and dishes. Painting landscapes outside on the weekends was a much needed escape from the mayhem. With five children in the house it was a good way for me to find balance.

As our children have grown I still paint outside often but less as a need for escape and more for exploration. The spontaneity of a sketch becomes addicting, but I've been transitioning into slower studio works. The plein air sketches are becoming a starting point that doesn't have to end when I head home.