Artist's Statement:

The black and white printed image, as basic as it may be, can still be found abundantly in our full-color, high-resolution society. Xeroxed fliers, newsprint, catalogues, yearbooks, and manuals are a few examples of this print format that I find in everyday life. The simplicity and prominence of an image with only positive and negative space is what I find fascinating.

For the past few years I have been exploring different ways of manipulating and reproducing black and white images in my own work. In my painting I have decided to produce large scale reproductions of photographs. The subject matter begins with less importance than the process it will go through, but in the final stages of this process I often discover the absolute significance of why the image was chosen. The result is a reproduction of a reproduction which, instead of being deprived of its human touch, has been reintroduced to the human hand. As a complement to the large scale paintings I have been producing small screen printed images. Again, these images start as photos and are modified by a process which exaggerates the existing positive and negative space, then they are reprinted via silkscreen in limited number print runs.

As an artist I am interested in a junction between man and machine: the point or points at which machine-produced imagery meets, or is reintroduced to the human hand. Each step taken to complete the work deliberately incorporates this theme to highlight both elements, Man and Machine.



Biographical Information:

Born and raised in Amesbury, Massachusetts, I moved to Boston in 2001 to attend what is now called The New England Institute of Art. There I majored in Audio Production and completed an Associate of Science degree with highest honors.

I first obtained studio space at The Distillery in South Boston in late 2001 and have been a part of this artist's community ever since. I currently occupy an 850 sq/ft live/work space where I produce paintings, screen prints on paper and textiles, and sound recordings.

Aside from creating my own work, I currently direct The Distillery Gallery. Additionally, I coordinate South Boston Open Studios each Fall, Distillery Open Studios in the Spring, and I promote various other art and music related events.


Selected Showings:

Parlor, Boston, MA, 2007/2008

South Boston Open Studios, 2007

Locco Ritoro, Boston, MA, 2007

City Hall, Boston, MA, 2006

Distillery Gallery, South Boston, MA, 2006

Delux Cafe, Boston, MA, 2006

Distillery Open Studios (spring event), 2006

South Boston Open Studios, 2006

Distillery Gallery, South Boston, MA, 2005

South Boston Open Studios, 2005

Distillery Gallery, South Boston, MA, 2004

South Boston Open Studios, 2004

Phoenix Landing, Cambridge, MA, 2003

South Boston Open Studios, 2003

South Boston Open Studios, 2002

UFI Coffee Lounge, Haverhill, MA, 1997

Park Plaza, Boston, MA - Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards Exhibit (Gold Key Award Recipient), 1991