My work is born out of intuition — each mark a response to the last, each color a voice in an unfolding conversation. I see my role less as a maker than as a conduit; the work comes through me, guided by rhythm, accident, and attention. Figures, landscapes, and familiar motifs emerge and dissolve into abstraction, reflecting the way memory and perception are layered, unstable, and alive.
My creative life moves fluidly across disciplines. As a chef and interior designer, I layer textures, shapes, and colors to create experiences that are sensory, spatial, and emotional. These practices inform my painting, where intuition and structure converge to form compositions that are both grounded and porous.
I studied at Cranbrook Academy, the University of Cincinnati’s School of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning, and the Glasgow School of Fine Arts. My path has been shaped by apprenticeships and training with visionaries such as Nam June Paik and chef Jean Joho, as well as years running my own restaurant and design studio. These experiences instilled in me a respect for process, improvisation, and the alchemy of bringing disparate elements into harmony.
Influences including Alberto Giacometti, Alice Neel, and Peter Doig inform my attention to the figure and landscape, while Agnes Martin, Mark Rothko, and Cy Twombly ground my trust in abstraction’s ability to hold silence, emotion, and transcendence.
Ultimately, I hope my work invites viewers into that same intuitive space — where images and patterns converse, where structure and improvisation coexist, and where something ineffable can be felt in the act of looking.