Artist Statement:
For as long as I can remember I have been curious about how a camera works and what could be produced by serious study with one.
A number of years ago I finally began to find out with Photography 101. I went on to study in black and white and color classes. I continued for nine years to go to classes, summers and winters, and to use the dark room facility at the local college to do my own printing. For five years I have gone to intensive week-long workshops at the highly respected Santa Fe Workshops. These work weeks usually have 12 hour days filled with shooting at various locations, film critiques of each day’s work and lately more than 80 hours studying Photoshop. The teachers are some of the leading photographers in the U.S. My interests are in serene and abstract work. Lately I have been shooting still life and abstract images with the aim of blurring the lines between photography and painting. I print on Media Street and Hahnemuhle matte paper. In 2005 I exhibited 29 works at The LeQuire Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee. For 5 years I have been in a National juried show at The Temple here in Nashville. Dale Chihuly, master glass artist was one of the exhibitors. In May, 2006 I won Best in Class and Best in Show at The Zone IX Garden Club of America meeting held in Houston. This was a competition between members of 19 garden clubs in 5 states. The following year 2007, I won Best in show again at the same event. Also, for The Garden Club of America I have photographed Nashville gardens which are archived in Archives of American Gardens at The Smithsonian. My work is in numerous private collections. My work can also be found in several public collections; Senior Citizens, Alive Hospice , Inc. , Belle Meade City Hall, The Tennessee State Museum, The Tennessee Arts Commission and the Cornerstone building.
