I think the painters that I’m most inspired by right now are Jeremy Lipking for his Sargent-like painting approach along with his muted colors and mysterious subjects. I love Nelson Shanks for his uncanny ability to capture his sitter and his vibrant mixing colors to produce flesh tones. I also look quite often at painters such as Casey Baugh, Robert Armetta, Jerome Witkin for his unorthodox painting methods, and Jacob Collins.

I‘d like my paintings to convey an honesty in my observation. I want my paintings to teach the viewer and to discover truths about what is observed. I think that artists are in fact teachers and we are all trying to at last educate our audience about a subject or an idea, a way we feel. I think my paintings have a comforting feel and through the use of patterning and a warm color palette this is achieved.