Artist Statement-
I am a fine art painter living in Pensacola, Florida with my wife Emilie among our family and friends.
I was born in 1979 and grew up on the Gulf Coast of Florida. My love of art seems to have developed into many areas over the years and continues to be focused on the ocean and landscapes that surround me. Through painting, photography, and design the possibilities are endless and so are the hours that are involved each day; it is an obsession and one that I love very much.
On one hand I love the pure creation and imagination it takes to turn a blank canvas into a beautiful painting and on the other I yearn for being outdoors with my camera capturing incredible moments that happen in nature. I paint using water based acrylic paints applying several different techniques to achieve a realistic fluid movement in my paintings. I live and breathe the water, swim in it, surf, shoot photographs with specially designed water housings for my camera to learn from and study for my paintings. As a surfer and waterman the ocean reveals angles of moving water that not many others see; I study the way sunlight reflects and exposes itself through the waves. Seeing these things very up close and personal has been a constant part of my life and surroundings, permanently becoming inspiration for art.
As I move forward in each of these realms, I want focus even more on telling stories through my paintings.
"I love being an Artist."