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Late Friday afternoon in the studio…. Taking a break from preparing my paintings to ship to my upcoming exhibition with friend and colleague Elise Wagner . ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’ at Frederick Holmes & Co. Gallery in Seattle, WA. Opening May 1, 2025! ✨ Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! 📅 Opening: May 1, 2025 📅 📍 Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA #SeattleArt #FrederickHolmesGallery
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Late Friday afternoon in the studio…. Taking a break from preparing my paintings to ship to my upcoming exhibition with friend and colleague Elise Wagner . ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’ at Frederick Holmes & Co. Gallery in Seattle, WA. Opening May 1, 2025! ✨ Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! 📅 Opening: May 1, 2025 📅 📍 Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA #SeattleArt #FrederickHolmesGallery
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🖼️ Occasionally stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. (Portrait details above) “Nights Like That, Days Like These” portrait collection was born from a desire to complete a story that felt unfinished. Revisiting the earlier series, “More Notable Inhabitants of Beacon Falls,” a quiet meditation on identity, time, and memory, I transformed the original black-and-white portraits into full color compositions. The use of vibrant color transformed not just the images, but their energy and presence. These new portraits stand as both an extension and a reinvention—proof that some stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. #artexhibitions
🖼️ Occasionally stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. (Portrait details above) “Nights Like That, Days Like These” portrait collection was born from a desire to complete a story that felt unfinished. Revisiting the earlier series, “More Notable Inhabitants of Beacon Falls,” a quiet meditation on identity, time, and memory, I transformed the original black-and-white portraits into full color compositions. The use of vibrant color transformed not just the images, but their energy and presence. These new portraits stand as both an extension and a reinvention—proof that some stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. #artexhibitions
🖼️ Occasionally stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. (Portrait details above) “Nights Like That, Days Like These” portrait collection was born from a desire to complete a story that felt unfinished. Revisiting the earlier series, “More Notable Inhabitants of Beacon Falls,” a quiet meditation on identity, time, and memory, I transformed the original black-and-white portraits into full color compositions. The use of vibrant color transformed not just the images, but their energy and presence. These new portraits stand as both an extension and a reinvention—proof that some stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. #artexhibitions
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🖼️ Occasionally stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. (Portrait details above) “Nights Like That, Days Like These” portrait collection was born from a desire to complete a story that felt unfinished. Revisiting the earlier series, “More Notable Inhabitants of Beacon Falls,” a quiet meditation on identity, time, and memory, I transformed the original black-and-white portraits into full color compositions. The use of vibrant color transformed not just the images, but their energy and presence. These new portraits stand as both an extension and a reinvention—proof that some stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. #artexhibitions
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2/9
Did I show these to you? I LOVE making these group portraits. I collect textures and imagery everywhere I go and weave them together digitally combining both vintage photographs and my digital photographs, abstract drawings, and antique ephemera to create biographical detail. I print these portraits in my studio on beautiful, German, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper, 308 gsm. Edition of 3 Harmony and Grace Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 The Poet, The Choreographer and Their Family Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 # #contemporaryartcollector #contemporarypainting
Did I show these to you? I LOVE making these group portraits. I collect textures and imagery everywhere I go and weave them together digitally combining both vintage photographs and my digital photographs, abstract drawings, and antique ephemera to create biographical detail. I print these portraits in my studio on beautiful, German, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper, 308 gsm. Edition of 3 Harmony and Grace Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 The Poet, The Choreographer and Their Family Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 # #contemporaryartcollector #contemporarypainting
Did I show these to you? I LOVE making these group portraits. I collect textures and imagery everywhere I go and weave them together digitally combining both vintage photographs and my digital photographs, abstract drawings, and antique ephemera to create biographical detail. I print these portraits in my studio on beautiful, German, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper, 308 gsm. Edition of 3 Harmony and Grace Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 The Poet, The Choreographer and Their Family Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 # #contemporaryartcollector #contemporarypainting
Did I show these to you? I LOVE making these group portraits. I collect textures and imagery everywhere I go and weave them together digitally combining both vintage photographs and my digital photographs, abstract drawings, and antique ephemera to create biographical detail. I print these portraits in my studio on beautiful, German, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper, 308 gsm. Edition of 3 Harmony and Grace Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 The Poet, The Choreographer and Their Family Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 # #contemporaryartcollector #contemporarypainting
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Did I show these to you? I LOVE making these group portraits. I collect textures and imagery everywhere I go and weave them together digitally combining both vintage photographs and my digital photographs, abstract drawings, and antique ephemera to create biographical detail. I print these portraits in my studio on beautiful, German, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper, 308 gsm. Edition of 3 Harmony and Grace Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 The Poet, The Choreographer and Their Family Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 # #contemporaryartcollector #contemporarypainting
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Art is more than what you see—it offers a glimpse into the artist’s soul, inviting you to join their creative journey and weave it into your own story. Today in the studio….. I’m working on the final details for a new collection of portraits, ‘Nights Like That, Days Like These,’ for my exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’, at Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery in Seattle. Opening May 1. I will be exhibiting alongside my friend, colleague and abstract painter, Elise Wagner. Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening reception: May 1 📍 Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery 309 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA #contemporaryart #artisticprocess
Art is more than what you see—it offers a glimpse into the artist’s soul, inviting you to join their creative journey and weave it into your own story. Today in the studio….. I’m working on the final details for a new collection of portraits, ‘Nights Like That, Days Like These,’ for my exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’, at Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery in Seattle. Opening May 1. I will be exhibiting alongside my friend, colleague and abstract painter, Elise Wagner. Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening reception: May 1 📍 Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery 309 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA #contemporaryart #artisticprocess
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Art is more than what you see—it offers a glimpse into the artist’s soul, inviting you to join their creative journey and weave it into your own story. Today in the studio….. I’m working on the final details for a new collection of portraits, ‘Nights Like That, Days Like These,’ for my exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’, at Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery in Seattle. Opening May 1. I will be exhibiting alongside my friend, colleague and abstract painter, Elise Wagner. Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening reception: May 1 📍 Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery 309 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA #contemporaryart #artisticprocess
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Sharing a few details from Elise Wagner’s and my work as we prepare for our upcoming exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’ at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery in Seattle, WA. Opening May 1, 2025! ✨ Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening: May 1, 2025 📅 📍 Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA #SeattleArt #FrederickHolmesGallery
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Sharing a few details from Elise Wagner’s and my work as we prepare for our upcoming exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’ at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery in Seattle, WA. Opening May 1, 2025! ✨ Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening: May 1, 2025 📅 📍 Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA #SeattleArt #FrederickHolmesGallery
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Left: A detail of a portrait from my upcoming 2025 exhibition at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery. Right: A detail of a piece from my 2023 show also at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery. I’m eager to unveil a new collection of portraits, ‘Nights Like That, Days Like These,’ at my exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible,’ alongside the incredible abstract work of my friend and colleague, Elise Wagner, at Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery in Seattle. Opening May 1. This new series will spark a visual dialogue with select pieces from my 2023 solo show, weaving past and present into unexpected harmonies and vivid contrasts. These will reflect the evolution—and constants—of my artistic journey. Can’t wait to share it with you!” 📅 Opening reception: May 1 📍 Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery 309 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA #VisualDialogue #PortraitArt #contemporaryart #artisticprocess
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Left: A detail of a portrait from my upcoming 2025 exhibition at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery. Right: A detail of a piece from my 2023 show also at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery. I’m eager to unveil a new collection of portraits, ‘Nights Like That, Days Like These,’ at my exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible,’ alongside the incredible abstract work of my friend and colleague, Elise Wagner, at Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery in Seattle. Opening May 1. This new series will spark a visual dialogue with select pieces from my 2023 solo show, weaving past and present into unexpected harmonies and vivid contrasts. These will reflect the evolution—and constants—of my artistic journey. Can’t wait to share it with you!” 📅 Opening reception: May 1 📍 Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery 309 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA #VisualDialogue #PortraitArt #contemporaryart #artisticprocess
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☀️Monday morning studio…JUST ARRIVED….a few more framed from my series ‘Artifacts + Meditations’. 💃🏼💃🏼
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☀️Monday morning studio…JUST ARRIVED….a few more framed from my series ‘Artifacts + Meditations’. 💃🏼💃🏼
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🖼️ A few details of works in progress from our upcoming exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’ Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA. Opening: May 1, 2025 Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening: May 1, 2025 📅 📍 Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA #SeattleArt #frederickholmesgallery
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🖼️ A few details of works in progress from our upcoming exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’ Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA. Opening: May 1, 2025 Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening: May 1, 2025 📅 📍 Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA #SeattleArt #frederickholmesgallery
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Working on some exciting new pieces for my upcoming show with the incredible @elisewagnerstudio at @frederickholmesandcompany in Seattle! ✨ Opening May 1, 2025 ✨ Can’t wait to share this collaboration with everyone! #ComingSoon #ArtistCollaboration #SeattleArt
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Working on some exciting new pieces for my upcoming show with the incredible @elisewagnerstudio at @frederickholmesandcompany in Seattle! ✨ Opening May 1, 2025 ✨ Can’t wait to share this collaboration with everyone! #ComingSoon #ArtistCollaboration #SeattleArt
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Exploring identity utilizing shapes inspired by nature, combining abstraction and realism with metaphor and symbolism.
  • Late Friday afternoon in the studio…. Taking a break from preparing my paintings to ship to my upcoming exhibition with friend and colleague Elise Wagner . ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’ at Frederick Holmes & Co. Gallery in Seattle, WA. Opening May 1, 2025! ✨ Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! 📅 Opening: May 1, 2025 📅 📍 Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA #SeattleArt #FrederickHolmesGallery
  • 🖼️ Occasionally stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. (Portrait details above) “Nights Like That, Days Like These” portrait collection was born from a desire to complete a story that felt unfinished. Revisiting the earlier series, “More Notable Inhabitants of Beacon Falls,” a quiet meditation on identity, time, and memory, I transformed the original black-and-white portraits into full color compositions. The use of vibrant color transformed not just the images, but their energy and presence. These new portraits stand as both an extension and a reinvention—proof that some stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. #artexhibitions
  • Did I show these to you? I LOVE making these group portraits. I collect textures and imagery everywhere I go and weave them together digitally combining both vintage photographs and my digital photographs, abstract drawings, and antique ephemera to create biographical detail. I print these portraits in my studio on beautiful, German, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper, 308 gsm. Edition of 3 Harmony and Grace Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 The Poet, The Choreographer and Their Family Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 # #contemporaryartcollector #contemporarypainting
  • Art is more than what you see—it offers a glimpse into the artist’s soul, inviting you to join their creative journey and weave it into your own story. Today in the studio….. I’m working on the final details for a new collection of portraits, ‘Nights Like That, Days Like These,’ for my exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’, at Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery in Seattle. Opening May 1. I will be exhibiting alongside my friend, colleague and abstract painter, Elise Wagner. Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening reception: May 1 📍 Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery 309 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA #contemporaryart #artisticprocess
  • Sharing a few details from Elise Wagner’s and my work as we prepare for our upcoming exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’ at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery in Seattle, WA. Opening May 1, 2025! ✨ Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening: May 1, 2025 📅 📍 Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA #SeattleArt #FrederickHolmesGallery
  • Left: A detail of a portrait from my upcoming 2025 exhibition at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery. Right: A detail of a piece from my 2023 show also at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery. I’m eager to unveil a new collection of portraits, ‘Nights Like That, Days Like These,’ at my exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible,’ alongside the incredible abstract work of my friend and colleague, Elise Wagner, at Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery in Seattle. Opening May 1. This new series will spark a visual dialogue with select pieces from my 2023 solo show, weaving past and present into unexpected harmonies and vivid contrasts. These will reflect the evolution—and constants—of my artistic journey. Can’t wait to share it with you!” 📅 Opening reception: May 1 📍 Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery 309 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA #VisualDialogue #PortraitArt #contemporaryart #artisticprocess
  • ☀️Monday morning studio…JUST ARRIVED….a few more framed from my series ‘Artifacts + Meditations’. 💃🏼💃🏼
  • 🖼️ A few details of works in progress from our upcoming exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’ Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA. Opening: May 1, 2025 Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening: May 1, 2025 📅 📍 Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA #SeattleArt #frederickholmesgallery
  • Working on some exciting new pieces for my upcoming show with the incredible @elisewagnerstudio at @frederickholmesandcompany in Seattle! ✨ Opening May 1, 2025 ✨ Can’t wait to share this collaboration with everyone! #ComingSoon #ArtistCollaboration #SeattleArt
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Late Friday afternoon in the studio…. Taking a break from preparing my paintings to ship to my upcoming exhibition with friend and colleague Elise Wagner . ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’ at Frederick Holmes & Co. Gallery in Seattle, WA. Opening May 1, 2025! ✨ Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! 📅 Opening: May 1, 2025 📅 📍 Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA #SeattleArt #FrederickHolmesGallery
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🖼️ Occasionally stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. (Portrait details above) “Nights Like That, Days Like These” portrait collection was born from a desire to complete a story that felt unfinished. Revisiting the earlier series, “More Notable Inhabitants of Beacon Falls,” a quiet meditation on identity, time, and memory, I transformed the original black-and-white portraits into full color compositions. The use of vibrant color transformed not just the images, but their energy and presence. These new portraits stand as both an extension and a reinvention—proof that some stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. #artexhibitions
🖼️ Occasionally stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. (Portrait details above) “Nights Like That, Days Like These” portrait collection was born from a desire to complete a story that felt unfinished. Revisiting the earlier series, “More Notable Inhabitants of Beacon Falls,” a quiet meditation on identity, time, and memory, I transformed the original black-and-white portraits into full color compositions. The use of vibrant color transformed not just the images, but their energy and presence. These new portraits stand as both an extension and a reinvention—proof that some stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. #artexhibitions
🖼️ Occasionally stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. (Portrait details above) “Nights Like That, Days Like These” portrait collection was born from a desire to complete a story that felt unfinished. Revisiting the earlier series, “More Notable Inhabitants of Beacon Falls,” a quiet meditation on identity, time, and memory, I transformed the original black-and-white portraits into full color compositions. The use of vibrant color transformed not just the images, but their energy and presence. These new portraits stand as both an extension and a reinvention—proof that some stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. #artexhibitions
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🖼️ Occasionally stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. (Portrait details above) “Nights Like That, Days Like These” portrait collection was born from a desire to complete a story that felt unfinished. Revisiting the earlier series, “More Notable Inhabitants of Beacon Falls,” a quiet meditation on identity, time, and memory, I transformed the original black-and-white portraits into full color compositions. The use of vibrant color transformed not just the images, but their energy and presence. These new portraits stand as both an extension and a reinvention—proof that some stories need to be told more than once to be fully understood. #artexhibitions
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Did I show these to you? I LOVE making these group portraits. I collect textures and imagery everywhere I go and weave them together digitally combining both vintage photographs and my digital photographs, abstract drawings, and antique ephemera to create biographical detail. I print these portraits in my studio on beautiful, German, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper, 308 gsm. Edition of 3 Harmony and Grace Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 The Poet, The Choreographer and Their Family Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 # #contemporaryartcollector #contemporarypainting
Did I show these to you? I LOVE making these group portraits. I collect textures and imagery everywhere I go and weave them together digitally combining both vintage photographs and my digital photographs, abstract drawings, and antique ephemera to create biographical detail. I print these portraits in my studio on beautiful, German, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper, 308 gsm. Edition of 3 Harmony and Grace Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 The Poet, The Choreographer and Their Family Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 # #contemporaryartcollector #contemporarypainting
Did I show these to you? I LOVE making these group portraits. I collect textures and imagery everywhere I go and weave them together digitally combining both vintage photographs and my digital photographs, abstract drawings, and antique ephemera to create biographical detail. I print these portraits in my studio on beautiful, German, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper, 308 gsm. Edition of 3 Harmony and Grace Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 The Poet, The Choreographer and Their Family Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 # #contemporaryartcollector #contemporarypainting
Did I show these to you? I LOVE making these group portraits. I collect textures and imagery everywhere I go and weave them together digitally combining both vintage photographs and my digital photographs, abstract drawings, and antique ephemera to create biographical detail. I print these portraits in my studio on beautiful, German, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper, 308 gsm. Edition of 3 Harmony and Grace Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 The Poet, The Choreographer and Their Family Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 # #contemporaryartcollector #contemporarypainting
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Did I show these to you? I LOVE making these group portraits. I collect textures and imagery everywhere I go and weave them together digitally combining both vintage photographs and my digital photographs, abstract drawings, and antique ephemera to create biographical detail. I print these portraits in my studio on beautiful, German, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper, 308 gsm. Edition of 3 Harmony and Grace Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 The Poet, The Choreographer and Their Family Series : Fellow Travelers Archival Pigment Print Image 18×12” Printed by the artist on 27×20” Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm Edition of 3 # #contemporaryartcollector #contemporarypainting
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Art is more than what you see—it offers a glimpse into the artist’s soul, inviting you to join their creative journey and weave it into your own story. Today in the studio….. I’m working on the final details for a new collection of portraits, ‘Nights Like That, Days Like These,’ for my exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’, at Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery in Seattle. Opening May 1. I will be exhibiting alongside my friend, colleague and abstract painter, Elise Wagner. Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening reception: May 1 📍 Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery 309 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA #contemporaryart #artisticprocess
Art is more than what you see—it offers a glimpse into the artist’s soul, inviting you to join their creative journey and weave it into your own story. Today in the studio….. I’m working on the final details for a new collection of portraits, ‘Nights Like That, Days Like These,’ for my exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’, at Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery in Seattle. Opening May 1. I will be exhibiting alongside my friend, colleague and abstract painter, Elise Wagner. Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening reception: May 1 📍 Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery 309 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA #contemporaryart #artisticprocess
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Art is more than what you see—it offers a glimpse into the artist’s soul, inviting you to join their creative journey and weave it into your own story. Today in the studio….. I’m working on the final details for a new collection of portraits, ‘Nights Like That, Days Like These,’ for my exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’, at Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery in Seattle. Opening May 1. I will be exhibiting alongside my friend, colleague and abstract painter, Elise Wagner. Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening reception: May 1 📍 Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery 309 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA #contemporaryart #artisticprocess
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Sharing a few details from Elise Wagner’s and my work as we prepare for our upcoming exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’ at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery in Seattle, WA. Opening May 1, 2025! ✨ Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening: May 1, 2025 📅 📍 Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA #SeattleArt #FrederickHolmesGallery
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Sharing a few details from Elise Wagner’s and my work as we prepare for our upcoming exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’ at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery in Seattle, WA. Opening May 1, 2025! ✨ Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening: May 1, 2025 📅 📍 Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA #SeattleArt #FrederickHolmesGallery
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Left: A detail of a portrait from my upcoming 2025 exhibition at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery. Right: A detail of a piece from my 2023 show also at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery. I’m eager to unveil a new collection of portraits, ‘Nights Like That, Days Like These,’ at my exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible,’ alongside the incredible abstract work of my friend and colleague, Elise Wagner, at Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery in Seattle. Opening May 1. This new series will spark a visual dialogue with select pieces from my 2023 solo show, weaving past and present into unexpected harmonies and vivid contrasts. These will reflect the evolution—and constants—of my artistic journey. Can’t wait to share it with you!” 📅 Opening reception: May 1 📍 Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery 309 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA #VisualDialogue #PortraitArt #contemporaryart #artisticprocess
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Left: A detail of a portrait from my upcoming 2025 exhibition at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery. Right: A detail of a piece from my 2023 show also at Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery. I’m eager to unveil a new collection of portraits, ‘Nights Like That, Days Like These,’ at my exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible,’ alongside the incredible abstract work of my friend and colleague, Elise Wagner, at Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery in Seattle. Opening May 1. This new series will spark a visual dialogue with select pieces from my 2023 solo show, weaving past and present into unexpected harmonies and vivid contrasts. These will reflect the evolution—and constants—of my artistic journey. Can’t wait to share it with you!” 📅 Opening reception: May 1 📍 Frederick Holmes & Company Gallery 309 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA #VisualDialogue #PortraitArt #contemporaryart #artisticprocess
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☀️Monday morning studio…JUST ARRIVED….a few more framed from my series ‘Artifacts + Meditations’. 💃🏼💃🏼
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🖼️ A few details of works in progress from our upcoming exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’ Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA. Opening: May 1, 2025 Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening: May 1, 2025 📅 📍 Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA #SeattleArt #frederickholmesgallery
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🖼️ A few details of works in progress from our upcoming exhibition ‘Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible’ Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA. Opening: May 1, 2025 Two artists, one medium, a coast-to-coast collaboration! Elise Wagner (West Coast ) and me (East Coast ) present a dialogue across distance through the ancient art of encaustic. Portraits meet Abstraction — Visible meets Invisible - East meets West. 📅 Opening: May 1, 2025 📅 📍 Frederick Holmes & Co Gallery, Seattle, WA #SeattleArt #frederickholmesgallery
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Working on some exciting new pieces for my upcoming show with the incredible @elisewagnerstudio at @frederickholmesandcompany in Seattle! ✨ Opening May 1, 2025 ✨ Can’t wait to share this collaboration with everyone! #ComingSoon #ArtistCollaboration #SeattleArt
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Working on some exciting new pieces for my upcoming show with the incredible @elisewagnerstudio at @frederickholmesandcompany in Seattle! ✨ Opening May 1, 2025 ✨ Can’t wait to share this collaboration with everyone! #ComingSoon #ArtistCollaboration #SeattleArt
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About the Work…

The integration of orphaned, vintage photographs, digital photography, abstract drawings and encaustic paint in my work occurs simultaneously as a dialogue develops among these elements. The mixed media approach to my work is both additive and subtractive; employing many subtle layers to form an amalgam of biographical texture. The facial expression and posture of the figure in the photographs influence my palette, the lines and marks that I make to create the narrative abstract drawings and paintings. As I work, these disparate elements transcend the physical attributes of the materials and become one brush for me to paint these portraits of strangers.

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About Me

I am a painter of contemporary, portraits of strangers and abstract narratives that are a fusion of orphaned, vintage photographs, digital photography, encaustic paint and mixed media. The basic human response to identify the other is endlessly intriguing to me. My work is exhibited nationally and can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the United States and abroad. My home and studio are in New Jersey. 

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