Bio

I am a self-taught painter born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. My relationship with art began in childhood through drawing and was shaped by my father, a portrait artist, and my eldest brother, a pioneering graffiti artist. Later exposure to the works of the Old Masters had a profound effect on me and helped inspire my decision to begin painting. Working primarily in acrylic on canvas, I combine figurative realism, bold color, expressive environments, and subtle influences of Baroque composition and the interplay of light and shadow (chiaroscuro).

Over the years, I have participated in many group and solo exhibitions and received numerous awards, most recently earning 1st place at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens’ 2025 Diversity Gallery juried show and 2nd place at Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts’ Capturing Music exhibition.

My work has been exhibited in galleries, museums, and public institutions, including the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art and The Gallery at The Attucks, and has been featured in print and online publications, as well as cover art across multiple media. I have also worked as a curator and arts administrator, including as co-curator of 1199SEIU Gallery in New York City and director of ARTSPACE Gallery in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. I’m currently working on a series of paintings exploring my love of fatherhood—what I consider a love letter to my children.