One of the fundamental questions I ask in my practice as an abstract painter is:  “How can the traditional medium of painting be new, fresh and relevant in the here and now, in 2025?”  In my attempt to meet this challenge I leverage the newest materials and technologies to create art that would not have been possible to make just a few years ago.  My use of technology often includes digital means, though the final product is created exclusively by hand. My art combines tradition with technological innovation in the hope of creating an artistic idiom that feels timeless and universal yet also reflects our own age.

 

This synergy of old and new is also reflected in the subject matter of my work. On the one hand, I believe we are moved in powerful ways by forms and phenomena found in nature. Viewers will recognize basic shapes like circles and spirals in my art, and some of my works evoke geological formations or the action of water.  On the other hand, I am also motivated to try to make visual the world uncovered by science that typically cannot be seen: The tiny world of elemental particles, electrical waves, and quantum physics on which our digital technology is based. On this Website you  will find examples of both my more “nature-based”, as well as my more “scientifically abstract” work.

 

While I have certain notions of what I am trying to achieve in each of my works, I leave the final interpretation of my art to the viewer. I believe that a successful work of art goes beyond the artist’s intentions to express something beautiful, mysterious, and ineffable, while also evoking strong emotions within us. I invite you to explore these works and to hopefully find something enriching and unexpected, and to possibly feel some of the same thrill and excitement I experienced when I created them.  

 

Biographical Note

After careers in international trade and information technology,  I decided to pursue my dream of becoming a painter. I have exhibited my works at numerous galleries, museums and cultural institutions both in the United States and internationally, including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia, the Katzen Arts Center of American University, the Austrian Cultural Forum, the Washington Project for the Arts Annual Exhibition and Yurt ve Dünya Gallery in Istanbul, Turkey.