Paintings

About Me

Originally from the Chicago area, I earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in architecture and business at the University of Illinois at Champaign. Architecture supplemented my artistic talents with perspective drawing and 3-dimensional design. I spent extensive time throughout Europe for studies and personal travel. A year after graduation I moved west and lived in Portland, Oregon, The San Francisco East Bay and Boise, Idaho over the next 8 years. The West gave me endless opportunities to explore inspiring landscapes, usually desolate, extreme and always visually exciting. I eventually left the practice of architecture and moved into the field of digital graphics and the e-commerce. I currently reside once again in the Chicago area, and spend my free time traveling, painting, and being outdoors. My early artwork was in a variety of media including airbrush and pencil. I moved into oil painting because it gave me a new opportunity to bring my ideas to life. Both my background in architecture and my travel experiences are strong influences in my work. My paintings are usually creative architecture or an altered natural environment. I like to combine recognizable structures, urban and natural, with surreal and fantastic elements.