ABOUT

I grew up hiking, horseback riding and herding cattle in the ranchlands of Western Marin County in Northern California. My life-long fascination with the world of nature and the importance of conservation and preservation defines my relationship with the world around me.

From the brown, oak-studded hills of Northern California to the verdant hills of Northwestern Connecticut, the flora and fauna, the architecture, the people, each have a story to tell. Capturing the living landscape of these regions through imagery seems essential in honoring their rich legacies.

Photographs need to have an emotional element to pull me in, and that is the role nature has played throughout my work. I construct most of my images out of the natural world, from wildlife to particulate matter and everything in between.

I am currently on an exploratory journey as a photographer, moving between traditional photographic styles and abstract worlds without boundaries.

I use multiple exposure, intentional camera movement and in-camera blending processes in combination with my own filters to lay the visual groundwork for landscapes, existing and built.

I find the colors and the endless pursuit of what light reveals to provide a wealth of possibilities, with unexpected results and infinite variables. Key for me is finding the emotional component or expressive aspect that breathes life into a moment, and that can come from almost anything in this unconstructed visual form.  

The very element of surprise keeps me interested in a deeper way; images seem to create their own point of view, and my creative impulse is to follow their lead.

Some of the organizations that have shown my work, awards, & residencies
2012 - Present

Photographs used in the work of fine artist Lorena Kloosterboer, sold to private collection

Artist in Residence at Showroom 383, Mill Valley, CA

Marin County Fair Fine Art Photography award

Juried into the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival

Konkoit Birding and Wildlife App

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Fresno Audubon Society

Bay Nature Institute

Flickr promotional use

NatureBridge

Wondros Global Films

Wild Birds Unlimited