The story of the artist Recherche is one of translation—of turning a lifetime of unspoken emotion into a vibrant, physical language. It’s a journey that begins not in a studio, but in the disconnect between a logical mind and a world he felt differently. After graduating Summa Cum Laude and building a career in the precise world of information systems, he felt an ever-present pull away from the noise. The constant social static of suburban Boston was an overwhelming hum for a neurodivergent mind he didn't yet know he had. He needed a rural setting; he craved privacy.

This intense need for solitude propelled him and his wife to make a radical choice. In 2013, they bought 11 acres in Medford, Maine, and went off the grid. For seven years, they lived in the forest, building their own home and workshop—a deliberate life of self-reliance. It was in this quiet, hand-built world that the most critical piece of his life's puzzle clicked into place. In 2016, at age 58, he learned he was on the autism spectrum and had alexithymia, a condition that makes identifying and verbalizing emotions a profound challenge. This wasn't a limitation; it was an explanation. And it was a beginning.

With this newfound understanding, painting became an essential act of communication. Initial forays with a brush felt more like a chore than a joy. The wildness of fluid art was more satisfying but lacked the control he needed. His problem-solving mind went to work. Experimenting with a hair dryer and then, decisively, an air compressor with custom attachments, he discovered his method. He could finally achieve the fine control necessary to make the paint do his bidding. He could make it dance.

Now based on the Blue Hill Peninsula—a place chosen for its blend of rural beauty and a vibrant, creative community—his process is a deeply personal ritual. Standing at a canvas on a lazy susan, he intuitively places streams of viscosity-modified paint. Then, the music begins—sometimes classical, sometimes EDM—and the dance starts. Using focused air from his compressor, he choreographs the flow, intuitively guiding the emotional energy onto the canvas. His 40-color palette is a vocabulary rooted in the natural world that has always been his sanctuary: ranges of blue for sky and water, greens for the life of the forest.

Often, only days after a piece is complete, after the visual dance has settled, does he begin to fully understand the feelings he has expressed. The name he chose, "Recherche," serves as both his aspiration and his caution—a striving for what is elegant and a wariness of becoming pretentious. It is the perfect word for an artist whose entire body of work is a quest. His ambition is to create elegant beauty and intimacy, to offer the viewer a moment of intense connection—an experience of flow, color, and breathtaking discovery.