I entered college late in life, but upon taking the art requisite, I fell in love with the language of photography. In 2000, I graduated from CSU Sacramento with a BA in Studio Arts. I am privileged to have studied photographic art under Jim Ginney and Roger Vail.
My subjects are varied and reflect my interest in the glories of smaller, intimate scenes. The tools of the medium, as I practice it, include film, a flatbed scanner, and digital images. I’ve left the traditional darkroom behind in favor of the light of the computer screen. All images are printed using archival pigment inks on archival papers.
Traveling the world with my camera has occupied much of my time since I retired in 2004. As a result, I have lived in the Republic of Georgia, Egypt, Tajikistan, Macedonia, Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia, and Kyrgyzstan. My travels have taken me to all 7 continents but so far less than half of the 195 countries in the world. My passion is learning about other cultures and capturing with photographs unique views and the stories of how people live. Thank you for taking this journey of discovery with me.
Current/Upcoming Exhibitions:
Portfolio drawer at Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, 2015 J Street, Suite 101, Sacramento, CA 95811
My photograph "Cubrebocas" accepted for Dab Art Co's "Art In the Time of Corona" exhibition is available here through Artsy.com.
Portfolio drawer at Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, 2015 J Street, Suite 101, Sacramento, CA 95811
My photograph "Cubrebocas" accepted for Dab Art Co's "Art In the Time of Corona" exhibition is available here through Artsy.com.
Several of my photos are available for sale at YourDailyPhotograph.com
1998, 1999, 2009, 2011 California Works, California State Fair
1999 Common Ground - Alternative Processes in Photography, UC Davis
2002 Visual Edge 2002, Photography’s Full Circle; The Pinhole Perspective,Viewpoint Gallery, Sacramento
2007 An Enduring View (a solo exhibition) Camera Arts, Sacramento
2011 Black, White, and Shades Between - Space 15, Sacramento
2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 Twelve, a juried show with different themes at Viewpoint Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2015 Les Graffiti De La Libertè, book by Vincent Euverte includes several of my 2012 photographs of Cairo’s “Revolution Graffiti”
2016, 2017, 2020 Animal House, a juried show at Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento
2016 Such Great Heights—The Art of Endurance, a juried show at El Dorado Arts Council, Placerville
2016 Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Juror's Award in Group Show "Chaos"
2016, 2017 California Fine Arts Exhibit, California State Fair
2016, 2017 Magnum Opus International Juried Art Exhibit Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, CA
2016-2019 Annual National Mother Lode Exhibition, Placerville, CA
2016 "On Democracy" Exhibition, Newspace Center for Photography Portland, OR
2016, 2017, 2020 "Visions" Photography Show, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, CA
2016 National Juried Photography Show, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD
2017 my photograph, Steam and Clouds, was awarded an honorable mention in the Amateur Fine Art category in the Monochrome Photography Awards Contest.
2018 My photograph of the Mostar Bridge in Bosnia and Herzegovina was chosen for inclusion in Hager Corporation's 2018 Annual Report.
2018 My photo, Night Birds, was featured in the curated online Competition Gallery for the LensCulture Exposure Awards 2018 Competition.
September 10 - October 5, 2019 A solo exhibition "Collected Memories" in the Step Up Gallery, Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, 2015 J Street, Suite 101, Sacramento, CA
95811-3124
2022 Dab Art Co, Los Angeles, CA, accepted my photograph "Cubrebocas" for "Art In the Time of Corona" exhibition.
