A QUIET
PRACTICE
Painting and works on paper from a small studio in Brooklyn, NY.
What I paint
My work centres on quiet, observed things: interiors, figures at rest, the slow geometry of daylight moving across a room. I work mostly in oil on canvas and linen, and in ink and charcoal on paper.
Paintings are built up in layers over weeks. A piece often sits against the studio wall for a while before I decide it's finished, and some get reworked long after that.
I take on a small number of commissions alongside my own series, so each one gets proper time. If you have a wall, a place or a person in mind, I'd like to hear about it.
How a commission works
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A FIRST NOTE
You tell me about the space, the size and the feeling you're after. Photos of the room help.
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A CONVERSATION
A call or a studio visit to look at earlier work together, agree the medium, the timeline and the fee.
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STUDIES
Small sketches and colour studies so you can see the direction before the full piece begins.
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THE WORK
The piece is made in the studio, with photos along the way if you'd like to follow it.
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DELIVERY
Varnished, wrapped and delivered or shipped, with notes on hanging and care.
What the work is made with
Oil on canvas
The main medium. Slow layering over weeks; a painting is never finished in one sitting.
Ink on paper
Quick studies and small finished pieces on heavy cotton paper.
Charcoal & graphite
Figure studies and tonal drawings, often left showing under the oil.
Prints
Small runs of prints from selected drawings, for walls that want something lighter.
I paint the moments a room goes still. If a piece makes you slow down for a second, it has done its job.