I work to sustain that first glimpse of an image through the process of producing a painting.  The many layers of paint are used to first break down an image, then to rebuild it.  The result is somewhere between representation and abstraction: when a painting expresses what I cannot with words.  I can communicate in a language of my own making.

I started painting as a way to record and study places.  This evolved naturally from my work as an architect.  I attended the University of Michigan where I received degrees in Architecture and first started painting.  I currently live and work in San Francisco.