I photograph in black and white as a way of introducing abstraction to a scene. Photography in the absence of color is, by definition, a departure from reality. Although I love to travel and photograph the exciting and unusual, I often find images that evoke more meaning in the everyday. For me capturing these images involves a deliberate process of searching for and ultimately visualizing the familiar, forgotten or unnoticed in an extraordinary way. The more I photograph, the more I see and appreciate the beauty in the ordinary.
Exhibitions
2022-23- Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
PNW Drawers juried entry
2022- Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Member’s Juried Exhibition, Christa Dix juror
2022- A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Juried entry into “Vistas” George Nobechi juror
Juror’s Honorable Mention
2021- Lightbox Photographic, Astoria, OR
Group invitational, “The Pacific Northwest 2021”
2021- Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
Juried entry into “Botanicals” Lee Anne White juror
2020- Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury Vermont
Juried entry into “Landscape”, Ann Jastrab juror
2020- Lightbox Photographic, Astoria, OR
Juried entry into “PNW 40”
2020- Praxis Photo Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Juried entry “Open Theme”, Ann Jastrab juror
2020- Foto Nostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
14th Julia Margaret Cameron Group Exhibition
2020- FotoFest 2020, Art League of Baytown
Juried entry into “Imagery: Shadow and Light”
Catherine Couturier juror
Honorable Mention award
2020- A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Juried entry into “Water”, Douglas Beasley juror
2019- Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2019 International Juried Exhibition,
Paula Tognarelli juror
3rd place award
2019- Foto Nostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
13th Julia Margaret Cameron Group Exhibition
2019- Monterey Pacific College Art Gallery, Monterey, CA
"What is the Question" 2 person show
2019- A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Juried entry into "Unconstrained"
Catherine Couturier juror
Director's Honorable Mention
2019- Camerawork Gallery, Portland Oregon
"Earth Etchings" Solo show
2018- A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Juried entry into "Interiors" Elizabeth Avedon juror
Director's Honorable Mention
2018- Rogue Art Gallery, Medford, Oregon
“What is the Question?” 2 person show
2018- Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California
Member’s 2018 Juried Exhibition, Charles Cramer, juror
2017- A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
Juried entry into “Vistas”, Dan Burkholder juror
2017- A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
Juried entry into “Earth”, Paula Tognarelli juror
Director’s Award
2016- A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
Juried entry into “Trees”, Michael Kenna juror
2105- Howard Hanson Gallery, Ashland Oregon
“Beauty in the Time of Climate Change” group show
2015- Copper Country Art Center, Hancock Michigan
“On Iceland” group show
2013- Rogue Art Gallery, Medford, Oregon
“Hidden in Plain Sight” group show
Honors
2021-
16th Pollux Awards
2nd place Landscape/Seascape & Honorable Mention Fine Art: Waveform series
Honorable Mention Architecture: Fort Casey series
2020-
14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards
Honorable Mention Landscapes and seascapes, single image: On Ocean
Honorable Mention Nature, series: Dogwood Forest
International Photography Awards
Honorable Mention Fine Art other: Waveforms series
Honorable Mention Historical Architecture: Fort Casey series
2019-
Critical Mass Finalist
Julia Margaret Cameron Awards:
Winner nature single image: A Forest Walk
Honorable Mention Landscapes: Cosmic Ocean
2018-
Critical Mass Finalist
IPA honorable mention Fine Art Landscape:
"Earth Etchings" series
IPA honorable mention Trees: "Dogwood Forest" series
Publications
2021- Lenswork No. 152 (Print) “Dogwood Forest.”
2020- Black & White, special issue #137 (Print) January 2020
2019- Shadow and Light Magazine (Web) November
“Fort Casey” portfolio
2019- Black & White, special issue #134 (Print)
"Silent Ocean" series
2018- Lenswork No. 135 (Print) “Earth Etchings”
2017- Seeing in Sixes, Lenswork. (Print) “Divine Places”
2016- Seeing in Sixes, Lenswork. (Print) “Redwood Portraits”
2014- Lenswork No. 112 (Print) “On Folded Earth”