My work can be found in many private collections, and has been exhibited in solo and group shows nationally for over 25 years, including NYC and tri-state area, NY's Hudson Valley, and the SF Bay Area. I studied at The Art Student's League, Parson's School of Design, and The School of Visual Arts, in NYC.

In addition to editorial illustration, I have created and donated art work to many non-profit organizations, including numerous animal rescues.

I love to watch a painting unfold like a story being told for the first time. Portrait painting is a spontaneous, visual dialogue between my subject, myself as an artist, and the unpredictable outcome of making art.

I have painted many subjects over the years. In 2001 unsure of a creative direction, I began a series of paintings inspired by my mother's Jack Russell Terrier. Her unrelenting, unrepenting expressions of joy, sorrow, fear, humor, and soulfulness inspired me to capture these qualities in a single painting.

Prompted by a friend and teacher in NYC, I started to paint portrait commissions, a natural progression. It has been a true gift for me to bring art into peoples lives, inspired by their most precious companions.

For commissions, I work from photographs and love to meet my subject whenever possible.

Exhibition at San Francisco Veterinary Specialists

"My Joe"