My work is abstract and eclectic — I open my mind and create based on what I'm seeing and feeling rather than any preconceived plan. I never know from one day to the next what I'll create, and I'm often surprised by the results.
After a career in commercial real estate, I attended the Glassell School of Art at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, where I studied painting, drawing, design, and color theory. That training gave me a foundation in the formal elements of art that has proven particularly useful in abstraction.
About fifteen years ago I began photographing the landscape, traveling extensively in search of images. I had three large solo shows of my landscape work and was accepted into several gallery exhibitions. During this period I mentored with George DeWolfe, a landscape photographer and student of Minor White and Ansel Adams, who taught me mindfulness and the art of contemplative seeing — practices that have served me well ever since. Drawing on my painting background, I came to think of my landscape work as "painting with light."
Over time my images became increasingly abstract — minimalist studies of grasses, water, and reflections. Eventually the single photograph wasn't enough to truly express what I was after, and I began layering multiple exposures. In 2022, I discovered the work of British abstract photographers Valda Bailey and Doug Chinnery and joined their online organization, Find Your Voice, an international community of abstract photographers. My work took off and I never looked back.
In the last several years I've traveled to Morocco, Uzbekistan, Rajasthan, and Southeast Asia, coming home each time with images full of color, pattern, and texture. I'm especially drawn to surfaces where time and human hands have left their mark: graffiti, crumbling walls, peeling paint, shredded posters.
In addition to composites of multiple exposures, I often incorporate gelli plate prints and fragments of photographs, newspapers, and other materials into my work. My process is intuitive, fluid and constantly evolving — which is exactly how I like it.