I paint to remind us of the beauty of the natural world and its serene, grounding presence. By rendering flowers, buds, and foliage larger than life, I harness scale to highlight details often overlooked. By depicting familiar landscapes in a tonalist palette, I summon mood and mystery – beauty easily ignored.

For more than 50 years, I have been actively involved in the design and creation of artwork. Drawing and sketching were superseded over the years by a passionate interest in both watercolor and oil painting, photography, and, in 1987, with the introduction of Adobe Photoshop and the incipient digital graphic arts and publishing technology, image editing.  I was occupied with other vocational interests as well – graphic design, typography, pre-press, and print production – but those were in the service of a professional career that consumed over 30 years. No matter how busy I was, I always found time to study art history and create artwork, all outside the realm of formal education. 

My work has evolved over roughly four 12-year cycles. Each cycle informed the next, leading to new insights and revelations into what matters most to me in the creation of art – history, composition, color, materials, and technique. This included visits to national and European art museums, working with professional creative directors and photographers, proficiency in watercolors (you can see them here), then oil painting, and, since 2012, complex large-format realistic floral works in the style of the Flemish Old Masters, and later, experimental tonalist landscapes, which continue to evolve.

I have a BFA in Illustration/Graphic Arts from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, am a Signature Member of the New England Watercolor Society (NEWS), and a member of the Lyme Art Association (LAA), Old Lyme, CT.

My wife, daughter, and I reside in Middletown, Connecticut.