Studio Journal
The Studio Journal documents the evolution of my work as an artist.
Sometimes a painting begins with a simple observation: a flower blooming in winter, fallen fruit glowing against dark grass, fog rolling across the land. These entries follow the ideas that grow from those moments and the paintings that emerge from them.
Confessionalism | How Writing Changed My Art Forever
After writing a letter over a portrait of my father, words became an essential part of my paintings. At first I used them to confront people. Over time I realized they could do something far more powerful: invite people into the conversation.
When Paint Wasn't Enough | The Origins of My Word Portraits
People often ask where my word portraits came from. I wish there were one answer. There isn't. They grew out of years of experiments until one watercolor portrait showed me that paint could capture a face, but words could capture a history.
Creating Order from Chaos | The First Question That Led to My Word Portraits
Sometimes the most important discoveries don’t happen because inspiration strikes. They happen because you keep working long enough to ask a better question. This is the story of the sketchbook page that changed everything.
Five Portraits, Two Years of Growth
A commission to create five word portraits over two years became something neither my client nor I expected; a record of my own evolution as an artist.