I am a contemporary American Impressionist painter rooted in the landscapes of New England. My work is shaped by both personal history and the luminous legacy of the American Impressionists who once painted these same shores, forests, and villages.

 

The loss of my father, a nuclear engineer whose more than fifty patented innovations safeguarded people and the environment, profoundly changed my path as an artist. His life was cut short by the very radiation he worked to contain. In the wake of that loss, I turned to the landscape as both refuge and calling. What began as solace has grown into a lifelong pursuit: painting the land with sensitivity to light, atmosphere, and memory, transforming loss into presence.

 

Painting on the edge of the pond near my home has deepened my understanding of its complex ecosystem. These experiences gave rise to my circular paintings — an exploration of perspective and memory that began with my grandmother’s wooden bowls and evolved into an immersive, fish-eye view of place. Alongside this body of work, I create plein air paintings across New England, continuing the Impressionist tradition of painting directly from nature.

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Through both series, my art honors the fragile beauty of place while reminding us of our shared responsibility to preserve it.