My very first home was in Dutchtown, a gritty, old, German neighborhood on the Saint Louis South Side. Now I live in Alabama, with its lush, green hills and streams. There were other homes in between, but those two places inspire my favorite subjects: city and country.

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Both subjects have much to offer an artist  On one hand, sharp lines, architectural details, multiple colors, deeply shadowed angles, and local history.   On the other, a natural palette, filtered light, a mix of hard and soft edges, and the soft movement of shadow and sun. Both genres are so satisfying and so different that I find myself alternating between them.

 

Of course, here in Alabama, there’s also that delightful world that lives somewhere between city and country—the beach.

 

I'm self-taught, except for a few years of high school art classes. The broad outline of my career would be familiar to many other artists—from teaching to corporate positions to consulting over a span of many years, all the while with my paints and gear boxed away and hauled from home to home and state to state. With retirement from business, painting has become my full-time passion.

I work only in oils. No other medium seems to have such a satisfying texture and finish. Oil paint just feels right. It smells right. My goal is for a piece to catch your eye and invite you in to stay a while, exploring all its nooks and crannies. I do this with a variety of strategies—fairly saturated colors, lots of information, multiple subjects, strong value contrasts, and interesting vantage points.