Always get a kick out of thumbing through old sketchbooks, pun intended. #sketchbook #art #abstractart

With my upcoming third book being about art and ekphrastic poetry, I wanted write ekphrastic poems after the Gordon Ross pieces I used as covers for my first two books. Here is the first, The Devil's Masterpiece, which graces the cover of Stage Direction! #poetry #original-poem #ekphrasticpoetry

Tried something a little different with parentheses here. A new ekphrastic poem after a Pacita Abad work that is so simultaneously playful and frightening, I fell in love with it immediately. Let me know what you think! #poetry #poem #pacitaabad #ekphrasticpoetry #poets

New poem! I didn't get any sleep last night, but l've been sleeping better on the whole recently. That doesn't really have anything to do with this poem but I never know what to write in captions. #poetry #writing

Some weekend sketching. Happy Groundhog Day! #art #contemporaryart #abstractart #sketchbook

A new figure drawing from a new sketchbook for a new year! Trying to get better at drawing in earnest in 2026. #art #contemporaryart #abstractart

Sharing an older drawing today. Hope you have a great weekend! #art #abstractart #originalart #contemporaryart

More new poetry. Wanted to try capturing some of the magic of still life paintings. What's more still life than an ornate word salad? Let me know what you think! #poetry #originalpoetry #creativewriting #stilllife

Hard to stay positive with the ongoing state sponsored violence at home and abroad. I’m conflicted about sharing such dumb writing at times like these, but this is who I am. And if I was going to wait for better times, something tells me I’d be waiting quite a long while. #poetry #writing

Good luck and stay safe this weekend with all the snow! #art #abstractart #drawing #sketch

I’ve been going through some of my old archived drawings in OneNote that I forgot I gave names to, and while a lot of them are dumb I really think I nailed this one. #art #abstractart #drawing #sketchbook

Greens generally not my go to, but I like how this drawing turned out. #drawing #abstractart #originalart #myart #contemporaryart

New poetry as promised. I’ve started mining some of the family lore for material. Let me know what you think! #poem #originalpoem #poetry

Happy New Year! Here is my first new drawing of 2026. I’ve been doing a ton of writing that I’m excited to share soon! #art #abstractart #contemporaryart

New poem! As always, let me know what you think! I am always happy for any feedback or discussion and am truly just grateful that people people would take the time to read something I’ve written. #poetry #poem #feedbackwelcome #poets

As promised, my new drawing hung up over my bookshelf next to the weird portrait of JFK I inherited from my uncle. #art #décor #homedecor

Happy belated Election Day everyone. New piece, it's big! I haven't done any drawing in the past at this size. Will share a shot soon of it hanging up. #art #abstractart #contemporaryart

I've relied heavily on ekphrastic poetry and poems about art over the course of my first two books. In an attempt to break that habit my third book will be entirely about art and feature like 40 ekphrastic poems. #art #poetry #poem

Based on a real table! #poem #poetry #creativewriting #writing #modernpoetry

New ekphrastic poem after the Keith Haring mural We the Youth in South Philly. Originally imagined as a temporary piece, we're really fortunate to still have this wonderful mural. As always, would love to hear what you think! #originalpoem #poem #poetry #writing #mypoetry #ekphrasticpoetry

Been loving that l've been able to get back into a drawing groove. #abstractart #art #originalart #contemporaryart

Something different this morning. I’m a fan of PA associated artists Charles Sheeler and Charles Demuth who both incorporated abstract shapes into architectural portraits. I’m not good at sketching, but it's something I want to work on, here is a first attempt. #art #abstractart #contemporaryart

Sharing a new ekphrastic poem after Dream Garden, a wonderful mosaic here in Philly. #art #poetry #ekphrasticpoetry #poem

More new drawing, new writing coming soon. #art #abstractart #drawing #originalart

Always grateful when I have time to do some drawing. Love how this one turned out! #art #abstractart #abstractexpression #shapes #design #drawing

#art #abstractart #drawing

Sharing a new ekphrastic poem today after Henry Moore's Atom Piece. Sorry that it's sort of a bummer. #poetry #ekphrasticpoetry #poem #poems

It’s been nice to be able to find time to get some drawing in! #art #abstractart #originalart #artwork #contemporaryart #design

#abstract #abstractart #geometricart #abstractartwork #composition #geometricartwork #colurs #structure #geometric #mixedmedia

Finding time to draw has been difficult lately, but I was able to complete this new piece! #originalart #art #abstractart #modernart #contemporaryart

Back with a brand new drawing. More coming soon! #art #abstractart #originalart #contemporaryart #drawing

Day two of play synopsis reveal! Soap A down-on-his-luck writer for a soap opera who resorts to paying strangers for their life stories finds himself in the middle of one of his own plot lines when he sustains an injury and is no longer able to remember who he is.

As promised, here is a description of the first play from Stage Direction! The Font of All Holiness The lives of three workers at a religious publishing company are upended when a coworker changes the font of an upcoming release to Comic Sans. #theater #poetry #selfpublishing

Over the next couple of days I will be sharing plot synopsis for the four plays included in my new book so stay tuned! For better or worse, they turned out exactly as I imagined them, I am excited to share them with you for the first time. #bookrelease #poetry #theater

Hello! Sharing today that my new poetry collection, Stage Direction, is available now! If you’re interested in checking it out you can follow the link below or through the linktree in my bio! www.amazon.com/Stage-Direct...

Sharing some more theater themed goodness from my upcoming book Stage Direction! Stay tuned as tomorrow I’ll be sharing some more details about the 4 plays that appear in the book. #poetry #poem #mypoem #originalpoetry #poet

Excited to announce that my second book is finally going to be published soon! Stage Direction features 52 original poems and 4 original three act plays! More details to come soon, but thank you all for taking the time to read my writing and for the encouragement! #poetry #poetrybook #theater

I’ve got some exciting news related to my next book Stage Direction coming soon, and to ramp up to that I’m sharing another new theater themed poem from it! #poem #poetry #mypoem

Sharing another theater themed poem from my forthcoming book, Stage Direction! As always, would love to know what you think! #poetry #poem #mypoem

Sharing a poem from my forthcoming second book on theater, Stage Direction! I always like mixing in some old school form poetry so here for your reading pleasure is a sonnet about Playbills. #poetry #poem #poets #sonnet #formpoetry

Sketchbook Thursday #art #abstractart #contemporaryart

Fresh new poem hot off the presses, hoping to share some more new writing in the next few days. #poetry #poem #mypoem #originalpoetry

Sketchbook Saturday #art #abstractart #contemporaryart

Sharing a new drawing today, hope everyone’s week is going well! #art #abstractart #contemporaryart

Sketchbook Saturday. Love the texture this paper stock added to the colored pencil. #art #abstractart #contemporaryart

The last entry from self portrait week! This is actually I think the first I wrote of these way back in like 2018? Would love to hear what you think! #poetry #poem

Two more self portraits this week. I’m digging deep into my back catalogue here! There is something fun about returning to an older work with enough distance to have it feel as if it was written by someone else. #poem #poetry

Another self-portrait! There’s one sentence in here that I absolutely love, can you guess which one? #poem #poetry

I’m turning this into impromptu self-portrait week. When I’m feeling uninspired I write poems like this, my own self image is something I feel like I can always draw from and I’m always around. 👽👾🛸 #poem #poetry #mypoem

Sharing a new poem today, feeling grateful for all the work I’ve put in over the past few years. #poetry #poem #mypoem