artist background

black and white of old quarry stone crusher buildings

The Abandoned Nude

    Deserted spaces are not empty. They are vessels that contain memories of human life if you know how to see them. I grew up viewing forgotten structures as more than just ruins – they were symbols of man’s creativity, edifices of human ingenuity, definitive marks left in the world. They became the seeds. […]

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statue of Jesus in front of corn field

The Jesus Project

In the mid-90’s, a friend who dealt with antiques suggested a prop for me to photograph. When he mentioned that the prop was a life-sized plaster model of a reclining Jesus, I immediately declined. After constant urging, he recommended a simple inspection. I found it sitting alone in the unlit basement of an antique mall

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multi-image fabrication - photos attached to panels, coated with encaustic

Pandemic Production

Images flow dream-like. Bits and pieces form a cohesive vision. As I look through my photos, I always see my ideal of the human body interacting with the setting. These are locations with which mankind relates and reciprocates. Many see these as wastelands, but I see them for their history and their significance in our

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nude male with back to camera in dim studio lighting

Why the Male Nude?

The image that prefaces this post is one of the first male figurative photographs I ever took. Accomplished at my school’s studio, it was a nervous attempt to reckon with my sexual awakening. This was the early ’80’s, when the male nude still elicited strange looks and whispers. But it felt appropriate. As a shy

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