Artist Bio
Born in Canton, Ohio, I started drawing competitively at an early age. My cousin and I would compete to see who best-replicated cartoon characters and famous personalities. At seven, my second-grade teacher gifted me a set of oils and taught me how to stretch a canvas. That first painting, a mare, and her foul could not be found the day after school was out for the summer. Though disappointed, my positive thought was, it must have been good. No more paint-by-number sets.
During my senior year of high school, I departed from rendering photo-like images. Being "creative" took precedence. Fast forward to UC Santa Barbara and my introduction to cubism and multiple mediums, I felt my art was valid. Abstract expressionism was emerging.
Art imitates life and as an artist, I like to engage viewers to see my representation of life, be it a simple still-life, a figurative piece, or a socio-political statement, in the creative way that I do and not as if looking through a camera lens.