Journal

Notes from the Studio

The thinking, the meaning, and the occasional confession behind the paintings.

October 2026

New York or Nowhere

Home Alone 2 told a nine-year-old in Arkansas where he was meant to live. A trip back to the city has me ready to pay that kid what I owe him.

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September 2026

I Hate Butter

I hated this painting. Then more than 126,000 people saw it on Reddit, it sold that same week, and it became my first international sale.

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July 2026

First Bite

Sam Kinison said there are two ways to write a joke. Fourteen years in, I'm still bouncing between them, and this peach is just me remembering why I wanted to paint in the first place.

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