Artist Statement

My photography and mixed media work are not driven by any one focus; anything and everything is a potential subject. I draw inspiration from what I see in any given moment and my muses can range from the Bear Mountain Bridge, which I've photographed thousands of times, to liminal transitions like a shifting sliver of light in a hedge along my driveway. I often manipulate my photographs to pull out colors, magnify shadows, and establish moods. My work is less about formality and more about trying to capture the fleeting soul of a thing. The way I collect and curate objects, spaces, and moments is part of my process in finding new ways to present what I see. I love to drench my images in warm, bold colors that draw the viewer into my world, sometimes pairing them with deeply personal prose and poetry.

 
I've recently embraced encaustic photography, using the beeswax and resin medium along with found objects to add new layers of meaning and vision to my work. For my two-person exhibition at Hudson Beach Glass with Denise DeVore in November 2025, I used a single photograph of an abandoned farmhouse in Vermont to create 50 different encaustic versions of it, the fluid wax hardened and hemmed in by the structure of the grid (as seen on the right-hand side of the photo above). Moving from traditional photography to this three-dimensional world is a revelation as I add layers of wax, paint, and sculptural elements to traditionally two-dimensional images.