I believe we can live in harmony with each other and with the earth. I have become increasingly aware of environmental and humanitarian issues, as I’ve traveled my own life. More and more people appear disconnected to our knowledge of nature and dependent connections with her. Our culture has rewarded exploitative behaviors and beliefs. I have a deep love and appreciation of our natural world and believe not all is lost; there is hope that our species will awaken to her teachings if we learn how to listen, how to make mindful decisions and how to connect with what it is to be truly human. We can live gracefully.
I grew up in a home of artists, my father a sculptor and photographer, my mother a painter and ceramic artist. They taught me to believe in and appreciate the unexpected magic of art making. They also tended my first experiences with nature’s gifts. Studying anthropology and practicing horticulture gave me a way of learning about facts and relationships in the natural world… a beginning to understanding and appreciation. Photography has awakened my own awareness, becoming a source of meditation in practice, a connection to the magic and mystery. It’s become my way of expressing my feelings about nature and the lessons I’ve learned on my path.
I sell fine art prints of my images and write this blog as attempts to connect with like-minded people sharing my journey as a photographer and human being in this beautifully complex yet simple world.
