ABOUT

The Eastern Shores have shaped my sense of place, leaving an enduring imprint that continues to influence my art. It’s a place where coastal winds stir through the sun-dappled canopy of trees, and the interplay of light and color reflects across the vast stretch of ocean and horizon. These memories are a primary source of inspiration, carrying with them a great sense of longing, appreciation, and transformation.

At the core of my work, this sense of place flows into my paintings as visualized daydreams, fragments of memory suspended between reality and reverie. Blurring the boundaries between past and present, here and elsewhere, they embody the longing and warmth embedded in nostalgia, the way remembered places become softened, distorted, and reimagined over time. Architectural structures dissolve into vast landscapes, familiar spaces warp and shift, and light flickers between presence and absence, bringing the fluid nature of remembering to the surface of the canvas.

My process begins with both observation and recollection, distilling moments into geometric compositions that hover between recognition and abstraction. I create custom-shaped canvases in parallelograms, trapezoids, and other forms that bend away from the wall, heightening the dreamlike sensation of shifting perspectives. These shapes, along with the painted surfaces, further symbolize how memories emerge as visions and fade, some vivid, some fragmented, and others warped by time. Layers of structure and atmosphere intertwine, rendering spaces that feel reminiscent of a place once deeply known, now transformed by distance, like somewhere you’ve been before but can never return to in the same way.

These paintings seek to capture the essence of remembering, an ever-evolving, elusive act shaped by experience, time, and emotion. My work invites viewers into a suspended state of reflection, where memory and imagination merge, and nostalgia becomes both longing and appreciation, merging these dualities and points of contrast all at once.