Using the hand of realism, I attempt to paint the invisible forces that shape our universe. I've always been fascinated by the duality between concrete reality and the mystical and hope with my art to bring the viewer closer to both. 

What I have discovered is that the act of painting something from life is an invitation to take a closer look into reality, which always reveals more. The finer nuances of visually recording my observations in paint provide endless color shade and texture, and I am always left floored by the fact that the more I look, the more I learn to see. This supports the "As Above So Below" mantra that many occultists tout which essentially states that every microcosm ultimately corresponds and reflects every macrocosm. 

Incidentally, my latest occult studies have led me into astrology. When my daughter was born my wife and I became obsessed with online birth charts, curious what our little one would be like one day. I became inspired to use my daughters' charts as inspiration for my art, which ultimately led me to the world of astrophotography. Now I've become fascinated by the images from the James Webb telescope and Voyager probes, both mystified by these behemoths in our skies that are too big for my mind to comprehend and stunned by the wild color and violent textures that dominate the atmospheres of other planets. 

While the skeptic in me remains unsure about these astrological charts and their supposed meanings, the mystic in me is in awe of these gods of liquid and gas. I don't think I'll ever be able to define in words the connections between all these things, but I  do hope that my paintings can somehow embody it, whatever it is.