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| Committed to painting the passage of time within a confined space, his own studio, he depicts it over and over in various states of array with objects such as draped clothes, musical instruments, and artist supplies. His intent is to make the room seem alive, showing it shortly after it has been occupied.
He is from Maine, the son of a sheep farmer and a composition teacher. He began studying art in high school and especially liked Picasso, but his great love was music, and he continues to play the guitar and compose songs.
In 1990, he began studying art seriously and transferred from the University of Southern Maine to Hampshire College in Northampton, Massachusetts where he was later hired to teach.
After graduating in 1992, he worked in New York as a waiter and bartender and painted during his free time. In 1995, he enrolled at Yale University's Master of Fine Arts program and began exhibiting successfully in galleries. His early works were disturbing in their clash of colors but the later pieces are more peaceful. |
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