Artists Statement:
I learned to paint by being immersed in art for most of my life. My father taught art at the college level for over three decades and continues his passion in his retirement. I received a Bachelors degree from SUNY Brockport and later a Master’s degree from Duquesne University. Through six years of higher education I studied a variety of subjects, but as fate would have it I entered the workforce selling art supplies.

In 1996 my soon to be wife Eileen and I moved to Raleigh, NC and I began working at Jerry’s Artarama. Initially I began working on catalogs and advertisements and saw the company grow leaps and bounds. I quickly began wearing different hats and and grew into the position of Marketing Director.

Through my life’s journey in my father’s studio and my professional career at Jerry’s Artarama I learned countless things about art theories, techniques, principles and practices. My never ending pursuit is putting these ideas onto canvas. I love Art in all of its forms. Painting has opened up a whole new world and helps to me to see things that might have always been there, but I just never bothered to look at them.

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Awards
First Place, Rocky Mount Arts Center 52nd National Multi-Media Juried Art Exhibition - 2009


Juried Shows
Fine Art League of Cary 2008 14th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
"Neuse River at Buffaloe Road #2"

Visual Art Exchange of Raleigh
Microscosmos Show - 2008
"Microscosmos #1"
"Microscosmos #2"

Durham Art Guild
54th Annual Juried Art Show - 2008
"Beidler Forest #3"
"Falls Lake at Rollingview"

Raleigh Fine Arts Society
2009 North Carolina Artists Exhibition
"Beidler Forest #7"

Fine Art League of Cary 2009 15th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
"Croatan Forest #1"

Rocky Mount Arts Center 52nd National Multi-Media Juried Art Exhibition - 2009
"Beidler Forest #6"
"Dupont Forest #1" - First Place

Wayne County Art's Council
30th Annual National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition - 2009
"Croatan Forest #2"
"Whitewater Falls #3"

Visual Art Exchange
3rd Annual SCOPE The North Carolina Landscape - 2009
"Flanners Beach"

Radius 250 - 2009
artspace, Richmond, VA
"Looking Glass Falls" - Honorable Mention

Visual Art Exchange
Seeing Red - 2009
"Linville River"

Visual Art Exchange
NEW Show- 2009
"Creek at Durant Park #2"

North Carolina State Fair
Juried Show
"Eno River"

Someplace Like Home
Carolina Color Gallery
"A Shopping Spree" Juried Show
"One View from my Back Porch"

Durham Art Guild
55th Annual Juried Art Show - 2009
"Croatan Forest #2"
"Whitewater Falls #3"

Solo and Group Shows

Sunflower Studios and Gallery
August, September 2009

Wake Forest Area Artists' Studio Tour
September 2009

Tuxedo Gallery at Tuxedo Junction
Wake Forest, NC
January, February 2010

Arts Council of Wayne County
February, March 2010

Visual Art Exchange (Raleigh)
Exchange Gallery
May 2010

Town of Cary, NC
Page-Walker Arts and History Center
May, June 2010

Horace Williams House
Chapel Hill, NC
October 2010

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Nature Art Gallery
Spring 2011

Statement
My paintings are centered on conceptualization evolving over time. For that reason it is important for me to devote equal or more time to each painting I do. Although my skills as an artist increase with each work, my creativity is also expanding. Therefore I must concentrate on painting longer so to accommodate for new ideas.

My style of painting involves creating a complicated background of hundreds of grids of varying colors. When done the background will loosely look the intended composition, From there I concentrate on adding detail to segments of the painting. This method allows me the most expression because different parts are all done at different times. For example a typical landscape composition might have twenty different trees. Painting all the trees during the same session will tend to create too many similarities and thus a boring composition. Patience and time allows my paintings to reflect my varying emotions and moods and in a strange way create a sense of balance and harmony in what are sometimes very detailed and confusing compositions.