About My Art

Paintings

I paint the edges of the canvases continuously with the front, so the colors wrap around the work and no framing is needed.

Paintings come ready to hang with hardware (wire and eyes) attached.  I sign the canvases on the side.  You are free to choose the orientation.  However, if you don't choose the default orientation suggested by the attached hanging hardware, you'll have to adjust accordingly.  Also be aware if the painting wants to choose a new orientation.

Many of my paintings have texture.  I don't think of them as Fabergé egg-precious (yet) and I want you to touch them (well, moreso the one(s) you own).

Obligatory Bio

I have a closet of non-painting friendly clothing.

I'm a registered architect living in Baltimore County, Maryland.  Previous incarnations include Senior Architect for the Johns Hopkins Health System and Capital Planner for Johns Hopkins University.  I lived in Austin, Texas for many years and was employed as an environmental engineer, a structural engineer, and a deep-mole professional iconoclast.  My concrete sculptures have mesh reinforcement and that aforementioned femur had a steel tube in it.

Relevant and Irrelevant Education

I have a B.S.E. in civil engineering from Duke and a Masters in architecture from the University of Texas at Austin. Did you know when your undergraduate degree isn't in architecture and you want a masters degree it takes four years?  Well, it does... Please contact me if you'd like to be talked out of doing that.  I also have a Certificate in Medical Qigong (a three year program) from AOMA College of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine at Bastyr University.

What I do & don't do in this limiting 3D reality

My hobbies include being optimistic, rarely doing anything twice, avoiding social media (in a conviction of my consiousness way, not in a creepy isolated hermit way), being outdoors and external to architecture as much as possible, running away from bureaucracies, and not watching television.