I am a self-taught photographer living in Eugene, Oregon. After years of working with traditional media, Pen, and Ink. I now love to be creative in the digital darkroom, expressed through photography, drawing, painting, and photo manipulation.
Self Portrait
My favorite part of digital art is the creativity involved, from clicking the shutter to seeing the print coming out of the printer. I enjoy the process of making art. My computer is my pallet, the stylus my brush, and the tablet or iPad my canvas.
Photography is a tool to collect material to help me realize the ideas in my mind, or sometimes the ideas come after I capture the image. I get inspired by things around me daily and all kinds of things I see or hear. I aim to make my art look like a real photo or painting. Drawing or a little of all three. Some people look at my art and say that I am an artist, not a photographer, and others say I am a photographer, not an artist. I think of myself as a digital artist.
Awards And Exhibits
Eugene Airport Gallery
Emerald Art Center First Place Digital Springfield Mayor’s Show 2022
Eugene Mayor’s Art Show 2022
Midtown Gallery Eugene
Crossroad Carnegie Art Center “Cascadia Traveling Photography Exhibit” Baker City Or. The Brama POP-Up Gallery Dalles Or. and The Murdock Gallery Oregon State University Corvallis Or. 2018
New Zone Gallery “Zone 4 All” Eugene Or. 2018
River Gallery Independence Or. ‘’Wild Women” 2018
Hideaway Gallery Florence Or. 2017
Las Laguna Gallery “Small Work Big Talent” Laguna Beach Ca. 2017
Art of Life art gallery Coos Bay Bay Or. 2017
Umpqua Valley Art Association “ Artwork NW” 2017
Second Place Digital Springfield “Mayor’s Art Show” 2016
Walt O’Brien Gallery Solo show 2016
Photography at Oregon 2015
Jacobs Gallery Original Resale 2015
New Space Gallery 2015 Member’s Salon
Lightbox Photographic Gallery “Mother Earth Show” 2015
Willamalane Island Park Art Gallery Solo show 2015
Soriah Restaurant June 2014
Excepted into Photo Zone Camera Club 2014.
Emerald Photographic Society Print Photo of the Year All Categories 2013.
Emerald Photographic Society Judges Choice Award 2013.
Emerald Photographic Society Print Division Pictorial Photo of the Year 2013.
Emerald Photographic Society Print Division Runner Up Abstract/Manipulated Category 2013.
Columbia Council of Camera Clubs 55th Annual Convention Video best in show and award of merit.
Springfield Or “Mayor’s Art Show” Chamber of Commerce award and 3ed place digital.
Saginaw Winery solo art show.
Photo Zone 2013 art show judges award.
Harris Hall Lobby Lane County courthouse solo art show.
Emerald Photographic Society Abstract/Experimental print photographer of the year.
Emerald Photographic Society print division floating image of the year.
Emerald Photographic Society Digital division judges choice all categories.
Third place Nature Photographers Of The Pacific Northwest spring wildlife show.
Emerald Photographic Society Saginaw Winery art show.
Emerald Photographic Society Harris Hall Lobby Lane County Courthouse.
Emerald Photographic Society N.E.D.C.O. show.
Photo Zone Gallery 24th annual juried art show.
Emerald Photographic Print Image of the year
Shelter Cares Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art juried art show.
Emerald Photographic Society Judges Choice
Washington Abbey solo show.
University of Hawaii juried traveling exhibit.
Pacific states printmakers juried exhibition University of Hawaii.
Fourth annual Umpqua Community Collage juried art show.
Sun River annual juried exhibit of “Oregon art”.