About

My artwork is motivated by the healing natural surroundings of wild spaces, where I seek the atmospheric interplay of light and texture. Immersing myself in the gentle rhythms and restorative beauty of the natural world allows me to enter a therapeutic, meditative state. Many of my images are from backpacking and hiking adventures with my son. While most of these are within driving distance from our home in the Pacific Northwest, some are from other beautiful regions throughout the western states.

Nature photography has always provided a creative and therapeutic outlet from an early age. While capturing images from an old brownie camera near my childhood home in the forest preserves outside Chicago, I started to develop a respect and reverence for the natural world through the meditative and therapeutic photographic process. And while the equipment has changed and many years have passed, the creative process of going out into nature with a meditative, inquisitive, and open mind to create images hasn’t changed much.

While studying fine art at Northern Illinois University, I took my first film photography courses, in which I was immersed in the process of film and print development. After graduation, I worked with a talented portrait photographer, where I honed my skills in the studio and darkroom. And while working on a master’s of landscape architecture at Utah State University, I continued coursework in photography, in which I created large format carbon glass prints. After a decade or so of a career in landscape architecture, I picked up a digital camera and, more recently, a mirrorless camera. I use a Sony A7rV and a couple of high-quality lenses to capture RAW images, and Lightroom and Photoshop to edit and create my artwork.