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Earth, Pine and Fire

I am an artist and photography is the medium though which I tell stories, evoke emotion and help people see things differently.  Nature is a favorite subject of mine, making the care and preservation of our earth an important message…

Art Around Us

While working as the Executive Director of the Montgomery Area Business Committee for the Arts, I always enjoyed getting to know the artist of the year selected to create pieces for the annual Business in the Arts Awards.  Never did…

See Differently

One of the amazing gifts for an artist when having an art show is feedback.  Yes, being an artist is great fun, but inspiration and creativity are not always flowing.  A comment about my current exhibit that has provided a magic…

Mixing Art

Cue Barbara Streisand singing “People, people who need people, are the luckiest people in the world.”  Now ponder poems coupled with photographs and imagine what a fabulous mix of art forms that is. Streisand goes on to sing, “But first…

Water World

Photographing the shimmer of water and its beauty in settings such as the beach and the lake has long gotten the attention of my camera.  As I recently learned, due to a small broken plumbing connection, water can also be…

Reflections

As a long time fan of Photorealism (thanks again to my college art professors) it was thrilling to go to the Museum of Arts and Design and catch the current exhibit Richard Estes:  Painting New York.  Photorealism is a genre…

Perhaps You’d Like to Buy a Flower

The Roman poet, Horace, once said, “A picture is a poem without words.”  As a photographer I love that concept!  Images can speak to us in unexpected ways, and when revisited they may give us new thoughts or feelings. Lately…

Pine Tree Book Logs Best of Show

Being on a winning team is a great feeling and I am lucky enough to have been on such a team.  One of our players is a talented writer, so rather than my telling you this story, I am sharing…

Stories to Tell

It feels as if 2015 has just begun, yet January is at its close.  Hopefully you have embraced the year and your New Year’s resolutions are still intact.  My camera and I have been out and about creating images and…

Happiness in 2015

There is something special about a new year that is exciting.  We feel a fresh start and aim to make the new year better than the last.  As I look at 2015 for myself and for you I wish for…

Pause

To feel the warmth of the sun To appreciate the blue in the sky To marvel at the majesty of trees To see the beauty in the everyday To celebrate the moment This tree is a favorite of mine and…

Connect the Dots

What could John Singleton Copley, Dale Kennington, Joe McNally and Steve Jobs possibly have in common?! In his commencement address at Stanford in 2005, Steve Jobs talked about connecting the dots when he said “… you can’t connect the dots…