I was born in 1967 in Bar Harbor, Maine, grew up even farther downeast in Addison, a small town in Washington County, and now live and work in the beautiful midcoast region.  I make my living as a painter and as a seller of used and rare books. 

I paint directly from nature and in my home studio, using both oil and watercolor.  Much of my recent work is part of an ongoing series entitled Home Truth, about the meaning of home, memory and its depths, and the passage of time. I paint the places I love, and the shapes, moments, and situations within those places I find beautiful and haunting.  I deeply love to paint, and I hope it shows!

I admire painters who combine aspects of realism with their own unique painterly styles. My heroes include John Marin, Georgia O’Keefe, Edward Hopper, Fairfield Porter, Jane Freilicher, and Lois Dodd. When I need practical information and inspiration about paint and what can be done with it, I turn to their work.  The two art books I carry with me and re-read often are Robert Henri’s The Art Spirit and Charles Hawthorne’s Hawthorne on Painting.

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