"My subject matter focuses on objects of nostalgia, things that remind me—and others—of youth and a slower era. My parents both came from San Marino, Italy. I enjoyed the culture of my heritage but my ambition as a youth was to discover America and all its charm. It is the childhood memories of a typical American breakfast or dinner, going to classic diners with my Dad, and helping my little Italian Grandmother in the kitchen--these are the moments that are in my thoughts when I paint, regardless of whether it’s vintage cars, rusted tools, old toasters, diners or retro food packaging art. It seems that if its old and retro, in the kitchen or tool the shed, I will more than likely put it on canvas.
