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Photography, which is the medium I was introduced to in 2000, gave me the

unexpected pleasure of being challenged to look at the visual and visceral, living and inanimate

worlds differently and to discover those things that I later found I could have overlooked, or did.

Initially, I embarked on my photographic journey with a Pentax K1000 SLR camera and

spent many hours in the darkroom giving birth to the many black and white images I had captured

with my 'third eye' (the camera). It was not until about four years later, however, that I re-visted

the art form but this time I was curious about the digital apparatus. Actually, looking back, I think

that my first brush with a digital camera and glimpse of its possibilities, can be traced back to

Paris, France 2001, and a jovial photo of a field of sunflowers against a clear blue sky. Ironically, I soon became the proud owner of a Canon digital camera,

and a digital photographer, somehow all of a sudden finding myself drawn to nature and flowers

in particular. More recently, I have become convinced that the spirit of my cousin had and

continues to be what guides me to stop where I stop and to submit to the given moment by

utilizing my ever reliable camera. And every time I do, I feel that I am more certain that my

camera has more confidence then I and I am fine with that, as long as it remains as my sidekick

and continues to show me how to turn negatives into positives.

Although I continue to have most reverence for the traditional and classic, I have

willingly veered off into the world of digital art, which allows me to merge images and create

surreal landscapes and visual stories. Since 2007, I have been accepting art on demand requests

and imagine that I will continue to do so as it also gives me great pleasure to share my imagination

with others and hopefully create pieces that will be enjoyed over the course of many years.