I grew up in coastal New England and have always held the beauty of the landscape in high regard. However, it is only in the last few years that I have turned to this genre of painting as my primary source of self-expression. I have found that not only can I chronicle a sort of personal history through landscape painting, but I can also explore the abstract visual principles that attracted me when I was younger.

I began my landscape work with the concept of deconstruction. I break down the subject into a field of blocks. Then, treating each block as an individual painting, I reconstruct the landscape into a sort of painted 'quilt'. Acrylics enable me to build texture quickly and give me the ability to mask-off recently worked areas without having to wait for the longer drying time of oil paint. I believe this style reflects my interest in the work of Paul Cezanne and the Cubist movement that eventually spawned from his visual philosophy. While this form of painting remains an ongoing experiment, my current series of paintings has a more traditional feel.