artwork

I've had a passing interest in art and painting for as long as I can remember, but I began learning to paint in 2008. My friend Richard Favaloro continues to help me with basic technique but also helps me form an identity as a painter, and for all that I am eternally grateful. I try to paint regularly, daily or weekly if I can, though sometimes it slips a bit due to other commitments and logistics. Most of my work has been acrylic on canvas, but I've also completed some watercolors and am working on some linoleum block prints and stencil "graffiti" pieces.

"Mr. Palmer's Orchard" my take on four seasons.
(I grew up in apple country, surrounded by real orchards- these are pretty sparce by comparison).

My artwork became a form of activism when I created "I Know Karate" a series of graffiti pieces and sent them to President Obama, Vice President Biden, the House and Senate leadership, the Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, about one hundred senators and members of Congress, and selected opinion leaders.