 Artist Statement
My father was a photographer and my mother a painter and a pianist. From an early age I was immersed in the arts. I remember the magic of watching an image emerge from the developing tray in the basement darkroom and the afternoons spent lying under the baby grand piano, letting the waves of sound resonate through me. Texture, pattern, fluidity, and change - these earliest influences continue to unfold in my work.
In my career as a psychotherapist I found meditating on the natural world offered solace from clients’ emotional storms and metaphors for living. I am fascinated with the natural world. When I slow down, watch, and wait, life unfolds its mysteries. Things that are familiar to me give way to fields of color, shape, and texture; pain ebbs into wonder. I begin as the observer, watching as ephemeral patterns emerge and dissolve, each moment a unique confluence of light and object. And then life’s chaos resolves into a deeply satisfying feeling of connection. These intimate portraits give form to the magic and mystery that I feel, and challenge the viewer to experience the extraordinary that is in the ordinary.
I am fortunate to call the Southwest—a place of incredible natural beauty—my home. My photographs are of the images that surround me every day, neither posed nor staged, photographed in their innate surroundings, and in available natural light. All images are captured using a Fuji S5Pro or Nikon D3X with a Tamron SP AF Di 90mm macro lens. Digital files are optimized using Adobe Lightroom. |