This piece initially started out as a portrait of a familiar view I've enjoyed countless times along the waters of Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn, New York. The idea to add the fishing element to the work was the last piece of the puzzle to be put into place. Gone Fishing is largely about perspective and desiring to convey a view which has always been very pleasing to me personally from that very angular perspective that I've so frequently enjoyed it from.

The staple of life, depicted digitally. Bread has undergone many various changes over the years, but it is remembered here in classic sliced form. Soft colors were used to insure that the viewer recall bread favorably. Dimension is a key element of this work, represented along the right-hand side of the slice enabling added perspective.

This piece was created to capture the mood of a holiday whose significance tends to vary repeatedly for people during the course of their lives as a result of their changing relations with those they love. Valentine's Day celebrates the more positive significance that the holiday can carry with it. The contrast of the superimposed dark red hearts against the bright red background are key to the work.

Perspective lends itself to the interpretation of this piece, in which a balloon symbolizes an opportunity which is either outside the window and also out of reach, or inside the window and within grasp. The shiny red balloon is particularly desirable amidst the clear blue sky behind it, making for an optimistic opportunity should the chance be taken.

This piece reflects on two commodities which always make childhood more attractive, fun and games. The checkerboard is adorned with the appropriate pieces in anticipation of a new game. Seeing as how we can only visually see one half of the title (games) present in the work itself, it stands to reason that the other half (fun) will result from the game and be along shortly thereafter. Such is the case. Key to this work are the contrast between the light and dark (red and black) checkerboard squares and pieces.

This was the first piece completed after a significant gap in production, and also the first work to follow the completion of the first twelve digital paintings. The basic framework for this piece in its original form was a hallway which extended inwardly into the distance with doors along the two side walls, lighting fixtures on the ceiling, and rugs on the floor. Upon experimenting with alternating greys for the metallic wall panels, the scene began to establish itself as a corridor in a spaceship. The window was then added at the end of the hall with outer space beyond its frame, and the work was at that point considered complete and titled Shipmate. You as the viewer were the shipmate which the title made reference to. The idea to add the robot was the very last piece of the puzzle to emerge. Care was taken to insure that the robot appear friendly and not intimidating. Simply put, it's a digital painting about universal friendship.

In this work which perhaps best exemplifies the very premise of the art found in the gallery, science invades the natural world and allows an unidentified fruit to take flight. Symbolically, this piece represents a glance ahead to the uninhibited possibilities which may be available should we successfully find a happy state in which science and nature might peacefully coexist. Pointillism is an essential key to this work.