BIOGRAPHY

MY STORY

To me, photography is a chance to play.

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When I first started taking photographs, I did so as a journalist, photographing people and events as a weekly newspaper editor and later as a public relations professional. It wasn’t until many years later that I started thinking of photography as a purely artistic outlet. I began experimenting with my camera, the lighting, the setting -- creating shots from the ground up, not waiting for them to happen.

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Today, I endeavor to paint pictures with color and light, telling stories, sometimes funny, sometimes mysterious, and often a little sinister. 

 

EDUCATION

BA, Journalism, Indiana University

Ongoing education, Indianapolis Art Center

Ongoing education, Cleveland Institute of Art

 

EXHIBITIONS

Indianapolis Art Center, juried student show, 2002

Indianapolis Art Center, Divisional Award Winners Show, 2004

Cleveland Print Room, juried group show, 2018

Cleveland Print Room/University Hospitals juried group show, 2019

Cleveland Photo Fest, “PHOTOTHON” juried group show, 2020

Fairmount Center for the Arts, juried group show, 2021, 2022, 2023

Kaiser Gallery, Cleveland, OH, “Descendants” juried group show, 2024

Upcoming:
Air Gallery, Glencoe, IL, March, 2025
Cleveland Botanical Garden, September, 2025

 

AWARDS

Best of Intermediate Division, Indianapolis Art Center, 2004

Jurist’s Award, Cleveland Print Room Peer Show, 2018

Honorable Mention, Cleveland Photo Fest, PHOTOTHON “Furtography and Dear Diary,” 2021