I am a Toronto-based painter working primarily in oil. Born in 1969, I studied at OCAD and have maintained an active studio practice for the last thirty years. I have exhibited locally and internationally.
My work begins with observation but is fundamentally interpretive. Perception is never neutral: how we see is shaped by who we are, and each mode of seeing—whether through the eye, a camera, or a painting—operates within its own language. I am attentive to the fact that a painting is completed not only in the studio but through its encounter with a viewer, where expectation and interpretation inevitably come into play. My interest lies in working within that exchange, allowing the painted image to quietly engage with, and at times play against, what is anticipated.
I work across multiple subjects, approaching each as a means rather than an end. Subject matter is chosen intuitively, for the particular formal problems it offers—colour, tone, structure, and rhythm—rather than for its descriptive or narrative potential. In this sense, subject functions as a point of departure, while the internal logic of the painting remains the primary concern.
Across still life, landscape, portrait, and figurative work, the paintings are shaped by an interest in sustained looking—slowing perception, holding attention, and allowing form, surface, and colour to carry meaning through experience rather than explanation. The work moves between representation and contemporary formalism, where clarity, restraint, and material presence shape how an image unfolds over time.
My paintings range in scale from intimate works on panel to large-format canvases, with scale serving the demands of the image rather than asserting hierarchy or emphasis.
