Artist’s Statement: Pointing Toward A Plainspoken Eloquence

In today's world, everyone's life seems hard-wired for fast-paced action, in every aspect of their lives. Almost every waking hour is filled, hurriedly moving from one scheduled event to the next, fulfilling an endless list of demands.

I firmly believe that we need to Slow Down and Look Around. We are moving at ‘blinding speed,’ making us incapable of seeing and experiencing the beauty around us. The medium and language I use to spread and communicate my message is that of the black and white silver gelatin photograph and the vocabulary is found in the natural world around us.

The photographer Edward Weston, an influence on my work, said:

I am the adventurer on a voyage of discovery, ready to receive fresh impressions, eager for fresh horizons, not in the spirit of a militant conqueror to impose myself or my ideas, but to identify myself in, and unify with, whatever I'm able to recognize as significantly part of me: the “me” of universal rhythms.

This is what I aspire to as a fine art photographer. I am happily blessed with a drive to capture the beauty in nature and find expressions of eloquence to portray in my photography. I use nature as my subject matter because it is a powerful restorative and soothing force, which I return to again and again in the hope that I will find a way to communicate those feelings and inspire all those who see it within my work.

Sometimes the subjects of my photography are hiding in the tangled growth of a preserved section of rain forest, and on other occasions the subject is in full view alongside a well-traveled path. But no matter where I find my inspired frames of nature, I continually develop the perception that life would be better lived at a different pace, one that will continuously allow and help us to see who and where we are.