The Lens
The Brush
My story
I'm a self-taught artist and photographer from Boston. Everything I make is a timestamp in my personal journey.
This is that journey, told in the feelings that shaped it. Each one is paired with a photograph or a painting.
01 · Wonder
Standing still was never my thing. Boston side streets at night, frozen fjords, mountain passes, wherever there's a frame I haven't taken yet. I go looking for the place that makes my chest tighten, then I carry it home and put it on a wall, on a page, on a canvas. That's the whole job.
02 · Chaos
Some days everything is loud at once. I never had a studio, just a small city apartment where space is limited but imagination is not. So I worked with what was around me: cardboard, old comics, spray paint, markers. Chaos goes on the paper so it doesn't have to stay in my head.
03 · Defiance
Some days the world gets so loud the only way through is to shut it out. So he does. Headphones on, eyes covered, holding a hand-lettered sign that says the one thing worth saying: don't forget to smile. It's the quietest protest I know, and the one I can't stop hearing.
04 · Pain
Not everything I make is playful. Some pieces are raw and reflective, a red backdrop of tags and splashes, a confession I couldn't say any other way. I believe art doesn't need to be perfect or polished. It just needs to be real.
05 · Stillness
The camera is how I slow down. A pair of swans on dark water, a hilltop in the fog, a city turning gold for a minute at dusk. Out in the cold, waiting for the light, is where the noise finally goes quiet.
06 · Hope
Each piece is a timestamp in my personal journey, and the journey isn't finished. Neon blue cuts through the old comics, a character climbs higher, and the work keeps moving forward. That is the whole idea behind art that moves you.
See the work, or tell me about a piece you'd like to bring home.