My work is diverse, but my projects share commonalities:  Whether the images are color or monochrome, emphasis is on composition, form, light and line, tone and texture.  Within all of my work is my heart. I photograph what I love.  Doing otherwise is a waste of time.

The Page Brook project features representational and abstract images; a collective portrait of my favorite stream.  Impro Topo explores light filtering through curtains and the topographies - real and imaginary - that result. Home Body is a tribute to my late mother and father, exploring imprints of time and family on my boyhood home. Home Body's point of view is that "magnificence resides in the mundane."

I am "of a certain age." I believe that with age and experience comes contemplation.  Contemplation fosters openness, awareness, and appreciation.  As I focus on the “everyday,” I discover more depth.  

My work now includes digital video. I have felt a growing desire to use video in tandem with my stills to share a bit of my process and a sense of "being there." 

As I make photographs, I often have moments of resonance. Maybe it’s what Weston called “the flame of recognition.” Something I see connects with me.  As I stare and consider exactly what captures my attention, a relationship emerges. I absorb the beauty and the beauty absorbs me. I lose myself and find myself again. It is serene exhilaration.

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