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I’ll be honest about something most artists don’t talk about enough. I can look at one of my paintings and feel pretty good about it. Not in an arrogant way — just that sense that something honest happened on the canvas. Then I see another artist’s work and suddenly...

Carry On wasn’t planned. It began as an intuitive abstraction — layers of paint, collage, drawing, rotation. No imagery in mind. No message laid out in advance. But, like much of my work, what I’m feeling tends to surface unconsciously. At the time, I was struggling...

On November 7 the U.S. Supreme Court will once again be asked to address the issue of same-sex marriage. This is a video about the painting that comes from my conflict with that request. https://youtube.com/shorts/won_QlHmPc8

Have you ever stood in front of a painting, drawn to a “something” you can’t quite pin down… then you hear the story behind it and all of a sudden you see the art more clearly? That “knowing” creates a connection, transforming the art from an object to a shared...

I believe that understanding the Story behind a painting facilitates a connection that allows the work to speak to you. That connection transforms it from an object into a companion – a reflection of a shared experience between you and the artist. In this email I'd...

This short video shows you the process behind the painting.

Understanding the Story behind a painting is like uncovering a hidden dialogue between a piece of art and the viewer. It facilitates a connection that allows the work to speak to you, transforming it from an object into a companion – a reflection of a shared...

This painting is entitled "Out of the Dark Forest." It is basically a self-portrait of a time when I was emerging from a very long and dark period in my life. My first partner had died. He was my first love and it was the first time I had had someone that close to me...

Journal #3 My First Final After graduating high school I was off to college. I had succumbed to my parents (mostly my father’s) emphatic urging that medicine was a much more enviable (and lucrative) profession and declared Science for Pre-med as my major.  That first...

I didn’t grow up in an art appreciative family but I was drawn to it like a magnet, spending hours looking at art in encyclopedias and books in the library, and looked forward to my once a week art class in school.