Artist's Statement
Enthusiasm with art and photography led me to take many photography classes through school and college. After college I pursued a career in Biology and my extensive use of photo-microscopy required that I continue to develop photography skills, including digital and three-dimensional imaging.
Although my early photographic training was in the tradition of the f64 club, I am an experimentalist by nature and incorporate the use of shallow depth-of-field and slow shutter speeds at times to convey my impression of the moment. In terms of artistic inspiration and expression I am most influenced by late 18th and early 19th Century Luminist painters.
I particularly enjoy making panoramic images because of the way they draw the viewer into the scene and convey a sense of space. I also like to explore relationships of subjects and their shadows as well as other optical phenomena.
My purpose is to share the joy I find in the beauty that surrounds us all. I sincerely hope you enjoy my photographs.
Juried and Invited Shows
Spotlight Magazine July/August issue 2021
"Moonlight Sonatas" art book 2021
Spotlight Magazine April/May issue 2020
"Illusions of Reality", November 2019, Bologna, Italy
Spotlight Magazine, April/May issue 2019
"Winter Flurries" Circle of Friends Gallery, December 2 through 24, 2016
"In the Clouds" Redmond Airport, October 6 through November 30, 2015
"Summer Dreaming" Starbucks Redmond, June 1 through July 1, 2015.
"Imagine That", Annual Juried Show, Redmond Library, May 30 through July 1, 2015.
"A World of Splendor", Juniper Brewing, March 14 through April 24, 2015.
"Changing Light: Western Landscapes", Silent Reading Room at Redmond Library, December 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015.
Redmond Airport Shades of Color, October 12 through December 5, 2014.
"Colors of Oregon" at Redmond Library, August 9 through September 12, 2014.
LUMIN Gallery guest artist, Tumalo, August, 2014.
Redmond Airport Photography Exhibit, March 12 through June 15, 2014.
"Photography Exhibition" Featured artist, Redmond Library, January 4 through February 14, 2014.
"International Exhibition of Art Photography MOMENT 2013" Strumica, Macedonia, November 2013.
"Photographers of Planet Earth" October 1, 2013.
"For the Love of Central Oregon" Juried Art Exhibition at the Redmond Library June 8 through July 13, 2013.
"First Annual Juried Membership Show" at Sagebrushers in Bend June 1 through August 26, 2013.
"First International Exhibition of Art Photography" Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina May 10 through 25, 2013.
"Abstractions" at Kiernan Gallery in Lexington, VA March 27 - April 27, 2013
Featured artist at The Green Plow in Redmond November 2012.
Epson International Photographic Pano Awards April 2012