Artist Roster

Art and music have always been a part of his life. He  began playing drums at 9, started his first band at 14, and  still plays drums in a band today. Over the years, he  taught himself how to play other instruments such as guitar, wrote songs, worked as a studio recording engineer, and he  even was an audio engineer and producer for several podcasts.

His musical creativity has always gone hand in hand with his artistic creativity. Over the years, he  experimented with pointillism, pyrography, sculpture, screen printing, furniture making, etc. Art and music became the perfect pairing because each one fueled the other.

Years ago, he  invested in a modest set of watercolor supplies. He  found it to be the most immensely frustrating and unpredictable medium; and yet, he  was compelled to figure out how to make something that he  could call good art. He  actually liked the fact that it was unpredictable, and that nature played a significant role in its creation "“ gravity, water, air, temperature, time, etc. Painting would eventually become a partnership between him and nature.

It was during a very tragic year for him and his  family when he became intensely consumed with painting. It turned out to be meditative, stress-reducing, and a calming force in his life. Once he  set his mind free, he  could begin painting away some of the harsh realities of life. Subject matter and style were and are secondary to his painting. The experience of painting is what he  seeks.

As someone who gets bored easily, he  typically varies  his  subjects and style. The spontaneity and immediacy of watercolor allows him to quickly produce a finished product of whatever is currently inspiring him. He  consciously chooses not to spend weeks or months on a piece to avoid overworking it. As for applying a label to his “style", it floats in and out of the realm of abstract realism. In the same way that he  chooses not to listen to the same style of music every day, he  chooses not to paint in the same style every day. Each painting is its own moment in time.