My work is the direct result of my experience...
I have always been driven to share my experience through aesthetics. Recently my eyesight began to worsen. After much poking and prodding I was diagnosed with keratoconus, essentially my corneas are self destructing, they’ve pulled so far away from the rest of my eye that I have developed scar tissue, leaving drop outs and extreme degeneration in my sight. I began seek out how to replicate how I see the world in my work. What you see in the final product is a combination of what I see and a process-based catharsis. Each image is an attempt at peace of mind.
I have been shooting for over 25 years now. My work has been featured in galleries nationally for about 15 years. I've been an artist all of my life. I strive to create a world for my viewer to get lost in. To make a scene. Essentially, I try to build the shot. My influences range from Cindy Sherman, Dianne Arbus and Robert Capa to Jan Sudak, Sally Mann and David LaChapelle. Also, I draw a lot of reference and inspiration from classic artists such as Vermeer, Carravagio and Divinci.
Every image is a dose of the human condition, day in/day out. There are millions of things, each time we blink, that we take for granted and this is a celebration of that ideal. I have lost many things I held dear and this is my anthem.
Welcome to the Fall
