My paintings are a search for reverie. My subjects can range across many things. But, I hope all of them carry a sense of this quality of reverie. By that I mean, those moments when we are stopped by something that lets our daily cares fall away and one's spirit sink into a pleasant thoughtful moment. I live near the Great Marsh of the north coast of Massachusetts. These are wide open fens. For decades lately, I’ve pulled on my high boots and walked the marshlands with their ancient drumlin islands left by the receding glaciers. It’s a world alive: rocky islands, winding tidal rivers, and people timelessly digging or fishing for food. Big sky and low rays at sunset make for long, long shadows across flat lands and everywhere is the cacophony of living things. It is easy to fall into reverie in these marshes. Many of my painting try to capture these fulfilling moments.

It just seems our lives are such a blur of activity that reverie is almost impossible, work, device screens, deadlines and obligations. Most times a chance for reverie is lost with its healing rejuvenation. My hope is that my images recapture those moments for the viewer and when viewed the unique marks that created the whole image will help daily cares drop away.

I am a Signature member of the American Society of Marine Artist, a juried artist member of the Rockport Art Association and Museum, a juried artist member of the North Shore Art Association, the Oil Painters of America, and a Master Level member of the Newburyport Art Association. A student at the Rhode Island School of Design, he won national and international awards for Animation.

I am especially fortunate that my wife Janet Sutherland is a gifted painter. 

Awards:National Competition Award Certificate, RAAM; Charles C. Gruppe Award for Excellence In Marine Painting, NSAA; Second Place Prize Roux and Cyr International Fine Arts; Awarded a Two Person Show, Roux and Cyr International Gallery of Art; Mystic Seaport International Marine Master Painter Exhibition; five international awards for animation, and nomination to represent the New England in the Student Academy Awards.

His work is collected in the US, Canada and Europe.

His work is represented by the Sidoti Gallery, Rockport, Ma., Charles Gallery, Gloucester, Ma. and Zenobia, Ipswich, Ma.