STATEMENT 2024

I AM CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON THREE SUBJECTS: PORTRAITS, GUNS, AND WAR.

THE MAJORITY OF MY WORK IS OIL ON LINEN OR CANVAS, BRASS TACKED TO STRAINERS, WITH A TRADITIONAL FOUNDATION OF OIL PRIMER OVER RABBIT SKIN GLUE. I WILL SOMETIMES MAKE PREPARATORY SKETCHES TO WORK OUT A COMPOSITION OR TO CREATE A TRANSFER DRAWING. I USUALLY DO A LOOSE UNDERPAINTING IN RED OR GREEN BEFORE BLOCKING IN AND WORKING THE PAINTING TO COMPLETION.

BIO

BORN
LOS ANGELES 1975

SCHOOL
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY UNDER MARK JOHNSON, ROBERT BECHTLE - 2000 BA
STUDY UNDER ROBERTS HOWARD, MASSACHUSSETS
SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS UNDER THOMAS WOODRUFF, JOO CHUNG, TRISTAN ELWELL, OTHERS - 2008 - BFA PROGRAM

LIVES AND WORKS IN NEW YORK CITY

COLLECTIONS
MARINA TSVETAEVA MUSEUM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

PRESS
SIEGEL, JEFFERSON, "CYCLE OF PAINTINGS EXAMINES CYCLIST'S DEATH ON PATH", THE VILLAGER, MAY 15 2007
RICHARDSON, CLEM, "ARTWORK INSPIRED BY GHOSTLY MEMORIAL", DAILY NEWS, APRIL 20 2007
ARTS IN BUSHWICK, VIEIRA, CIBELE, OTHERS, "MAKING HISTORY BUSHWICK", JANUARY 1 2016