The financialization of art is at the center of my work. I am a New York-based artist working primarily in abstract oil painting.
My paintings present two separate systems, the stock market and the art world, as if they were a single system. This reflects the growing misconception among new and aspiring collectors that collecting art and investing are the same thing.
I spent 16 years on Wall Street before becoming an artist. My work draws from that experience.
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