About the Artist… “Though I had planned on being a painter or a sculptor, the rediscovery of photography in my late thirties completely changed the course of my artistic journey.   Photography has allowed me to focus on what inspires me most—the simplicity and beauty of line, color, shape and form in my everyday surroundings. After several years of working in black and white photography, I began to experiment with alternative Polaroid processes.  Captivated by the challenges and creative possibilities of working with a vintage Polaroid SX-70 camera, I began to focus my efforts on hand-altered Polaroid photographs.

Regardless of what photographic process I am working in, my ultimate goal is to blur the distinction between painting and photography, realism and fantasy.  My images are not meant merely to document, but to suggest a new realm of possibilities.”

About Quiet Places…
              “It is in those quiet, unanticipated moments that I am most inspired to create—when suddenly I find myself experiencing my everyday surroundings with a new, heightened sense of awareness.   It is not a gift, but simply the practiced skill of being perfectly still long enough to see beauty reveal itself in the ordinary and the overlooked.”

 About Simple Things…
            “I have always been drawn to simple things: shells, marbles, smooth polished stones, a butterfly wing—all mysterious and wonderful treasures to a young child.  Sometimes we must allow ourselves to be a child again, willing to slow down and examine things closely in order to see the beauty in simple things.”

About Femme Fatale…
            “I am obsessed with shoes—not as footwear, but as sculpture.  When photographing shoes, I become completely mesmerized by the soft, graceful curves and the contrast in light and shadow created by the shoe’s smooth, sensual form.”

About Still Life…
            “I never grow tired of photographing flowers.  Like many things, their beauty is fragile and fleeting.   In order for an artist to truly appreciate and understand their transitory beauty and grace, he or she must study every inch of every stem, pedal and leaf in intimate detail.”