About

I arrived at painting by way of a long creative life. After many years as a creative director in the toy and premium industries, my wife and I moved from Minnesota to Providence, Rhode Island to be closer to family. Not long after, I began what turned into an encore career as an oil painter—one I feel very lucky to have.

I work entirely from imagination and memory. Everything in my paintings is invented: the figures, the places, the situations. I tend to think of each canvas as a kind of stage, where I place the “actors” and let something unfold. I always start with a story in mind, but I never explain it. I prefer to leave that to the viewer, and I’m continually fascinated by the different interpretations people bring to the work.

I don’t paint to make statements or deliver messages. I paint because it feels necessary—and because I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else. Long, uninterrupted hours alone in the studio suit me just fine.