About My Work
| I get my inspiration primarily from walking around with a camera, looking for subjects that interest me. I've assembled galleries that highlight those subjects, and they occasionally change as travel takes me to new environments. When in Botswana, photograph wildlife. I do love subjects with graphic content; curves, patterns, lines, reflections. So you'll see a wide variety in the galleries, biased towards subjects that have some linear or curve motive, with patterns and reflections close behind. In the last few years I've added modern architecture details as a sub-category, and "champion" Frank Gehry's buildings. |
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 Cool to TouchThe Melbourne Australia National Gallery of Art has large plate glass windows near the entrance, sporting cascading water. Patrons can't resist touching.This piece was accepted by the juror in the Maryland Federation of Art "Winter Members" show. It will hang in their Circle Gallery, Annapolis MD, from Jan 2-Jan 25, 2025. 
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My largest gallery is "Competition Exceptance" which holds all pieces that have been accepted in a juried show on a moving three-year period. Grazing through this gallery gives a quick look at my recent style and content because all juried shows have time limits from creation. You'll notice subjects from near and far that indicate I travel a lot. Every journey is a photographic opportunity, and I've submitted a wide variety of subjects to include Wildlife and Street Scenes, Abstracts and People found on travels. I rarely interfere with my subject; I move around, explore angles and in-camera crop, wait for the light to change or a person in background to leave. It's candid photography, with available light. I have increased my post-processing work as software tools have advanced; I use HDR, black and white mimic tools, and some special effects like textures and color highlights. I've been an avid photographer for a long time, largely self-taught. My fine art photography was encouraged by artist friends which lead me to join Gallery West, an artist's cooperative in Alexandria, VA, in 1995. I mounted four solo shows there over my eleven-year membership, regularly creating new work and learned a great deal about professional presentation. I've been a member of The Art League of Alexandria, VA, since 1997, and have achieved sufficient acceptance on juried monthly shows to always have work in their Gallery 75. From 2009-2012 I was a charter member artist in the Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton VA. In 2014 I had a 18-piece solo exhibition in Bethesda Maryland on the "Patterns and Lines" theme, and 25 images in the NOVA Annandale Virginia Verizon Gallery from my "People of Pleiku" series. |