Artist Statement

I have kept a journal for many years. This practice has become a voice that continues to shape the way I see my world. This daily exercise allows me to carve out a space where I can find intrigue in the process of creating my art.

I have long been attracted to mixed media. It invites me to respond to my own work in progress as it evolves while at the same time allowing the image to be a thought, a whim, or just an accident.

Photography continues to be the visual root for me. It captures a moment in time that makes me eager to collaborate with other mediums. The path my journaling takes allows me the opportunity to recapture what might otherwise be forgotten or cast aside.

Architecture anchors any iconic curiosity I might have at the time. Doorways, arches, columns, and statuary become the movable objects that help to record a savored moment. Interior spaces, on the other hand, become the rooms I seek and my journals help to record my arrival and departure.

Currently I am using a combination of alternative and traditional photographic methods. Each process has a nature of its own. I now have discovered a new world in digital photography which I find gives me both the freedom and the palette to marry one medium with another.