ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER

I blame it on the Eurail Pass. In the ’70s, I explored Europe with my camera in tow and discovered an incredible nucleus of art in its many aspects. From paintings in France, mosaics in Spain, and pottery in Greece, I became transfixed with a passion to create and emulate the abstract, geometry, and texture of these various art forms. My brush and palette were and always would be, the camera.

Back home in New Orleans, I took on a job as an insurance inspector. The primary impetus was free 35mm film and processing, and the freedom existed within the driving assignments. I knew then that without formal training, I was going to need a lot of film to hone some sort of craft. My first portfolio was informal portraits of the New Orleans people. This was the start…

Soon, experimentation came to the forefront in an attempt to create mosaic and textile shapes by pasting multiple prints together and then photographing it and utilizing the pattern as a template. This was prior to the use of personal computers. The creations now have become more fluid and complex with Photoshop and the digital realm.

The abounding possibilities of the abstract as expression have always been the heart and drive for this long journey with photography. I have been a commercial photographer, a freelance photographer, a shipboard photographer, and certainly at times, a struggling photographer. But the underlying desire and pursuit have always been to be a creative one. The Impressionists, Fauvists, Abstract Expressionists, and other schools that have steered concise visions of reality towards a glimpse into a broader vision of beauty is the beckoning call for me as an artist.

While the broad scope of nature has been the backdrop for exploring the abstract, water has been the narrow focus. Currents and reflections on water afford infinite possibilities to define beauty and to convey this intent as an artist. The boldness of color, the detail in the instantaneous moment, or the view into the microcosmic, is literally the picture I want to paint. Likewise, the mosaics, the Fauvist samplings, the excursion into Zen images, the ice, leaves, blurred abstracts, and currents of life portfolios are similar invitations to the viewer to see nature as the nucleus for artistic endeavor.