My paintings are characterized by a tendency toward Casualism, a term I coined in an article published in The Brooklyn Rail to describe an approach to painting that values imperfection, incompleteness, and process over traditional color theory, pleasing composition, and polished forms.

In 2025, as the world as I have always known it began to fall apart, I was thinking about how the language of geometric abstraction, which I have been exploring since the 1990s, might convey something about vulnerability. Working with water-based media, starting with small watercolors and eventually layering and soaking raw canvas, I began using printmaking techniques to create irregularly shaped geometries that suggest the body, architecture, and dissolution.

I am also drawn to the intersection of art, writing, and emerging digital platforms. While I was a professor at Eastern Connecticut State University (2000-13),  I started an online studio project called Two Coats of Paint, which has grown into an award-winning blogazine dedicated to painting.

Since I began painting in 1987, my work has been driven by the mysterious interplay between emotionality, intellect, and the act of painting itself.