I started my professional artistic life as an ambitious and hungry graphic artist over 15 years ago. I loved the challenge and excitement of the design world and I enjoyed illustrating. It paid the bills and exposed me to the cutting edge, but something was always missing for me - a deeper feeling of personal fulfillment. I began painting the things that mattered to me and I realized that painting feeds my soul. My career as a fine artist began with that realization. We should all be so blessed to have jobs that feed our souls! My training as a graphic artist has given me a solid foundation for my fine art. The ingredients that make a dynamic and successful design/illustration are the very same ingredients that make a soul-stirring painting. My brushes opened up a whole new world to me. I am able to paint expressions of what truly matters to me and what moves me as an artist and a human being. For many years I made my living painting primarily the human figure. My personal evolution as an artist has drawn me to the beauty of fine details in nature" My art has now expanded to the abstract, especially telephoto abstract. For me, the magic of a piece of art is about capturing both the emotion behind the painting and the technique of the artist. The initial emotion I feel drives my expression. However, the way I handle the paint" my technique at expressing the emotion" is as important to me as what I paint. To me, an attractive painting has always been as much about how the artist handles the paint as the emotional expression behind the painting. Hopefully, when you look at one of my paintings you can tell I was smiling the whole time I was painting! I make Sanford, Maine my home. I find endless variety in the landscape and feel most alive when painting in the studio early in the morning when the world is quiet. When I paint, there is no other concern that seeps into my consciousness. It requires complete focus. Painting is very challenging, but there's nothing else in the world I would rather do! Feel free to email me with comments or questions. Your feedback is always welcomed and much appreciated.