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 and Cover "The Artist Magazine" November 2017

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