In November of 2019, I set out to capture the built American landscape by creating plein air paintings in all 50 states in one year. After 17 states and 4 months of travel, the pandemic hit. Back home, I turned to still life — rolls of toilet paper, knocked-over lawn chairs, dropped ice cream cones — and quiet scenes of domesticity. 

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In April of 2021, I got back on the road and made my way through the remaining 33 states over the next 7 months. The completed body of work is a time capsule of over 200 paintings, all small enough to fit in the 8x8” wooden boxes in which I stored them. The paintings I made on the road capture America’s sprawling national aesthetic of big box stores, parking lots, and gas stations. Although I drove over 46,000 miles to paint every state, the paintings all look like Anytown, USA. Our nation is vast, complex, and divided — and yet a visual unity persists.​