My official training in art started at Miami University (Oxford OH). After graduating in 98' with a BFA in painting I moved to Minneapolis, with my wife Jennifer, to serve a three year apprenticeship at The Atelier School of Fine Arts. Over the past eight years I have moved from oil painting to pastels then back to oils again, all the while trying not to fall into the mode of being a "Figurative Painter", a "Still Life Painter", or a "Landscape Painter." For these past years I have been working towards the goal of simply being A Painter of what I see, which sometimes is right in front of my eyes, and other times in the back of my head. Either way I try to represent a small flicker of a moment, that sometimes may have a sly or humorous meaning, and other times it may just be one of those moments that causes us to take a momentary pause in a life that is forever wanting us not to.
Article  "The Artist Magazine" Jan/Feb 2012
Article "Southwest Art Magazine" 21 over 31 2009
Feature Story WLWT  Channel 5 Cincinnati 2008
Honorable Mention "Hyde Park Art Show" 2008
Third Place Broad Ripple Art Fair (Indianapolis, IN) 2008
First Place Painting Old Town Art Fair (Chicago, IL) 2008
Semi Finalist "7oth  annual American Artist" Still Life Competition
Feature Article/Cover Art (Pastel Journal) 2008