As I wandered through the Canterbury Shaker Village and soaked up American history, I was truly moved by their core values—kindness, gender equality, and communal living. The Shaker way of life, steeped in acceptance, equality, craftsmanship, and hard work, feels like a guidebook for how we could all live with more purpose and kindness in today’s world…

Having a creative community to draw upon is an important element to any artist's success. I know this because I craved community for much of my artistic journey, but lacked in the knowledge of where to find it as my focus was elsewhere while I navigated family life and living abroad. This changed when I moved to Los Angeles in 2018…

Sometimes, magic happens inside of my camera. As Kristine Schomaker stood in my bedroom naked, with northern light falling across her body, these triple in-camera photographs materialized. Since 2020, one of these portraits has since been part of the traveling exhibition of Perceive Me.

In June, 2023 spent a week with esteemed National Geographic photographer Sam Abell. The workshop was held on Whidbey Island, Washington hosted by the Pacific NorthWest Art Center. Sam is very generous with his knowledge and passion for the medium, and through his years he has fine-tuned how he constructs a photograph. I wanted to share a few key takeaways that I am already incorporating into the way I structure my photographs.

What an honor is was to be guest curator in the debut episodes of The Crit House! Created by Jeff Larason, The Crit House is a podcast dedicated to providing “photographers with a resource to discuss photographic projects and bodies of work.”

When The Feeling Comes Over Me, It's A Gift.
It Doesn't Mean That It's Art, But It Is A True Expression Of The Self…

We are ever-connected with nature, with one another and most importantly with our future generations. “Know Hope, Know Dreams” is a video composition of landscape photographs interwoven with emotionally charged portraits conveying the necessity of global compassion and collective actions for our future.

This film was created during my first solo show at The Photographer’s Eye Gallery in Escondido, CA, which ran from March 27 - April 24, 2021. The exhibition included 15 extended frame photographs as acrylic facemount prints. Thank you to all of my friends and family who supported me throughout the journey!

Habits, Creativity, And The Now:

Breaking Through Personal Doubt To Find My Voice

(Live from Zoom: November 5, 2020)

The Making Of My First Extended Frame Photograph.

Welcome to my inaugural blog post!

I will be sharing the story behind one of my photographs through an audio diary.