I have always been passionate about astronomy and geology, which often inspire my paintings of the Earth and the stars. I was fortunate to achieve financial success through a business I started that focused on salvaged building materials. This venture combined my love for architecture with my postgraduate studies. Running the company was a joy and provided financial stability when I sold it to pursue my dream of becoming an artist.

Although I studied art at several universities and colleges in Canada and the United States, I realized that I hadn’t learned how to reproduce the quality of paint application in the paintings of the Masters. This led me to years of studying their techniques to achieve depth and texture in my paintings. I researched different painting mediums and explored how historical painters used oil paints. Teaching others helped solidify my approach and reinforced my understanding.

I received positive feedback from professors and art galleries, although responses from the scientific community were limited to European institutions. I was pleased to see my work selling in one of the top galleries in the country. However, fulfilling the obligations of the galleries conflicted with my decision to create a body of work based on the theories and ideas I have been developing. This work is substantial, although it is still ongoing.

As I paint, I continue to study other artists, particularly those from the 19th and 20th centuries. My focus is on understanding paint application rather than merely replicating images. In my early painting days, I would copy works by positioning models similarly to those in the originals and striving to reproduce the painting’s surface quality and texture. I learned a great deal from Titian’s layering of glazes, Rembrandt’s techniques for depicting hair and beards, and Maxfield Parrish’s use of color. I was particularly fascinated to discover that Michelangelo and Parrish utilized sunlight to cure their paintings. It was enlightening to learn that, at certain stages, many masters, including Turner and Sargent, painted using only one color at a time, albeit one they had mixed.

My goal in painting is to create visually enjoyable and intriguing works. I want to encourage viewers to question the artwork’s meaning, explore the theories presented, and understand the underlying logic, as these ideas can change current perspectives of the subjects offered in these paintings.

This exploration of producing art and developing sound theories is what I find most enjoyable and challenging. If these concepts resonate with you, you will appreciate the paintings displayed on my site.