10″ diameter – Oil Painting on Aluminum

Three colorful hands intertwined and connected on a circular aluminum panel. It’s a spiral composition of three hands, intertwined and in flux. The hands are colored in a way that is meant to evoke a ghostly calm – a synthetic memory.

20″ x 20″ Oil on Linen

This portrait painting is a mixture of painting styles utilizing traditional chiaroscuro techniques of creating volume with high contrasting light and dark pigments with higher chromatic colors and flat unfinished areas. For example, the canvas is still untouched in the top left hand, and adjacent to that is an eye that has a more refined and sculptural paint application. 

This is not a portrait in a classic sense or meant to be confined to the direct representation of a specific person or moment in time. In this way, the viewer should see and experience what they want within the work, unbounded by time or dogma. 

6.25″ x 10.25″ Oil on Aluminum

The figure depicted here sees something and begins to shield himself with his arms. What is he looking at, and what is he defending himself from? I don’t explicitly express what that may be, suffice to say he is experiencing a pivotal event and the viewer can see the emotion in his expression.

“He See’s Through” was composed in early 2020, before the Covid-19 global pandemic shutdown and the political unrest in 2020. However, it is striking to me how relevant this image appears in our current political climate. Though “He Sees Through”was not inspired by the riots last month, or the masks we now wear, some may see this piece that way and that’s fine. It truly is in the eye of the beholder.

What I strive to do, is create an open ended story shrouded in a little mystery. That way, the work can have multiple meanings for now and in the future. Who knows the impact it will have a year or 20 years from now, or longer.

5″ x 6″ – Oil on Aluminum

Hands play a huge role in my work. They are an aesthetic device used to bring movement and feeling to my compositions and the subjects I am depicting. As such, its important for me to do studies of hands for the purpose of improving my skills while simultaneously exploring new and experimental processes. I explain why I paint hands in my FAQ and my post titled: Painting Hands.

This painting of two hands touching is a part of a new series I am working on. My intent is to create a wall of twenty to fifty paintings of only hands. Each painting will be an experiment and allow me to try new colors, compositions and mediums. It’s important that I foster, within me, the artist’s mindset for play and exploration.

25″ x 29″ – Oil on Linen

The constrained nature of the figure is meant to reflect what it feels like in isolation, to desire connection and feel safe. The figure depicted here may be trapped, or constrained by the boarder of the picture plane, but the life within him is remains vibrant and full of potential.

I started this before the shutdown and all the political unrest in 2020. I mention this, because when it comes to my art, the message is never overtly political. Some may see this piece that way and that’s fine. It truly is in the eye of the beholder.

What I strive to do, is create an open ended story shrouded in a little mystery. That way, the work can have multiple meanings for now and in the future. Who knows the impact it will have a year or 20 years from now?

5.5″ x 6″ -each – Oil on Aluminum

This painting is a part of a new series I am working on. It is a pose of a hand in protest, and the hand forms a fist. My intent is to create a wall of twenty to fifty paintings only of hands. Each painting will be an experiment and allow me to try new colors, compositions and mediums. It’s important that I foster, within me, the artist’s mindset for play and exploration.

8″ x 10″ – Oil on Linen

The painting is meant to evoke a feeling of frustration, or defiance. The painting technique is direct. Volume, depth and structure is created with layers of color. It is delicately and realistically rendered in three layers.

8″ x 10″ – Oil on Linen

The painting is meant to evoke a feeling of frustration, or defiance. The painting technique is direct. Volume, depth and structure is created with layers of color. It is delicately and realistically rendered in three layers.

16″ x 28″ – Oil painting on Aluminum

The figure in this piece is like a sentinel. He stands guard and watches with his fists up, clenched and at the ready. This painting purposely pushes my color palette farther than I have to date, and I am attempting to imbue the figure with life and an undeniable sense of movement.

18.5 x 20.5 – Oil Painting on Aluminum

Two figures merge into a complex and surreal double portrait.