Update

This summer I spent half of May and all of June in Paris, France with the International Studies Abroad program. I attended two classes 5 days a week with Christopher Schade, a paiting professor from Montclair, and professional photographer Claudio Cambon. The painting course was plein-air acrylic based and was held in different areas around the city. The photo class was classroom oriented, but had certain times a week to go out and shoot with my manual SLR. The experience was amazing. I got to see and know Paris while still learning and practicing my skills. I came home with 6 paintings and 18 rolls of film developed.

Since then, Iv'e been catching up on some commisioned paintings here and there in my free time. I still find that the most enjoyable and most difficult paintings are the ones I do on my own, sans assignment. I need to stop judging myself so much.

Can't wait to get back!

Artists Statement
I began painting by learning the skills and techniques associated with traditional style representation and plein air style landscape. Today I use these skills to create a more abstract representation, usually of figures and powerful objects that have an air of anthropromorphism. My pieces tend to work with saturated colours, textural application and incorporation of other two-dimensional materials. I feel that painting is not necessarily the final product, but more about the process leading up to it. Because of this, I like to leave traces of a human interaction within a work.


Intensity of Ten Thousand
Acrylic on Canvas
2007