Photography has become both a means of artistic expression for me and a way for me to relate to the natural world that I love deeply. I find a peace behind the camera that I find no place else. Most of my photography deals with the natural world or our relationship with it. I believe that if we can see the beauty around us, we will be less likely to want to destroy it.

Photography is my third career. Although I have loved photography all of my life, I began my adult life as an economist and later spent twenty plus years as a CPA. My soul finally spoke louder than my wallet, and I began to pursue fine art photography. I don’t believe anyone’s last words have ever been “I wish I had done more tax returns.”

All of my images are shot digitally. I process and print all of my images personally. All matting and framing are done with archival museum quality to preserve the quality of the prints. I use archival inks and paper to ensure the longevity of my art. The paper and inks are rated for lightfastness, under glass, for over 100 years. My wish is that you may enjoy viewing my art as much as I have enjoyed creating it.

Margaret van Bulck Smith

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely, or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature, and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.

Anne Frank

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

Henry David Thoreau

What we lose in our great human exodus from the land is a rooted sense, as deep and intangible as religious faith, of why we need to hold on to the wild and beautiful places that once surrounded us.

Barbara Kingsolver

In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we have been taught.

Baba Dioum