Art

Painting tunes my eye, clears my mind, and calms my spirit. Observational painting, especially, stills the world for me in a way that functions like antidote to the overstimulation and attention-hijacking of the tech-mediated world I help design and in which we all must live.

MFA, University of Oregon · BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Formerly taught Painting & Drawing at SCAD

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10 × 12″ oil on Raymar board, 2022
The remaining strawberries in that plastic clamshell container
The remaining strawberries in that plastic clamshell container
8.5 × 9.25″ oil on Arches Oil Paper, 2021
Pulp all the way down
Pulp all the way down
10 × 12″ oil on Raymar board, 2022
Marker drawing on paper
Marker drawing on paper
8 × 10″ oil on Raymar board, 2022
Chickens have two legs, and firemen have two legs, and monkeys have two legs
Chickens have two legs, and firemen have two legs, and monkeys have two legs
10 × 8″ oil on Raymar board, 2022
When something you think will help your situation will probably not help your situation
When something you think will help your situation will probably not help your situation
11 × 14″ oil on canvas, 2020
A little cucumber in a ramekin
A little cucumber in a ramekin
8.5 × 9.25″ oil on Arches Oil Paper, 2021
A half-full jar of little pickles
A half-full jar of little pickles
8.5 × 9.25″ oil on Arches Oil Paper, 2021

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