From the series, The Language of Things, Capturing the Ephemeral: A Dialogue Between Lens and Canvas

Inspired by a series spanning forty years, which began while working in museums photographing historic objects. Everyday things revealed a story that could be told within the format of museum object photography.  

Working exclusively from my own photographs I treat the photographic image as a foundational blueprint for realistic paintings. The paintings was first displayed at Wired Gallery in High Falls, New York. While technical difficulties plagued the process of salvaging the original negatives, being able to enlarge them came down to one question, “Why not paint them?”

The inspiration, from my original series of photographs, taken in the 1980’s celebrating everyday objects:

The painting was reproduced in the art listing section in Chronogram Magazine, December 2025 issue

And the stylish, jet aged vacuum motor is still in use and running perfectly thanks to how well it was made.