Artist Statement
Capturing nature’s exceptional beauty and uniqueness is an invigorating passion which recharges my body and soul.
With art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, and compelling. The visualization is complete, seemingly instant. My travels and experiences have made me more conscious of these elements of art in the selection, seeing, and execution to the final print.
My goal is to create a worthy image of art, a combination of composition, lighting, emotions when pressing the camera shutter button, then transforming to the final print, to evoke the viewer’s emotions and memories.
I have been honored to have been invited in the following Exhibitions:
2022 Exhibits and Juried Submissions:
R Gallery – National Parks, Boulder, CO. – Juried Art Exhibit
Crooked Tree Art Center, Traverse City, MI. – 2022 Guild Art Exhibition
Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord, MI. – 2022 Black & White Exhibition
Univ. of Michigan Hospital Taubman Center, Ann Arbor, MI – 2021-2 Juried Group Art Exhibition
Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord, MI. – 2022 Juried Exhibition – 3rd Place Award
Mackinac State Historic Park, Mackinac Island, MI. – 2022 Juried Exhibition– 3rd Place Award
Dart for Art – Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI – 2022 Juried Art Submission
Art Prize 2022, Rockwell Republic Venue, Grand Rapids, MI. – 2022 Juried Exhibition
2021 Exhibits and Juried Submissions:
Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI. – 2021 Guild Art Exhibition
Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord, MI. – 2021 Juried Exhibition
Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI. – 2021 Solo Exhibition
Grayling Artisan Village, Grayling, MI. – 2021 Juried Art Explosion Exhibition
Mackinac Island Artist in Residence – 2021 Juried Program
Dart for Art – Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI – 2021 Juried Art Submission
Univ. of Michigan Hospital Taubman Center, Ann Arbor, MI – 2021 Juried Group Art Exhibition
Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI. – 2021 Holiday Market
R Gallery – National Parks Collection, Boulder, CO. – 2021 Juried Exhibition
2020 Exhibits and Juried Submissions:
Lowell Art Center, Lowell, MI. – 2020 Juried Photography Exhibition
Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI – 2020 Guild Artist Exhibition
Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY – 2020 Juried Art Exhibition
Gaylord Area Council for the Arts – Gaylord, MI – 2020 Juried Photography Exhibition
Crooked Tree Art Center, Traverse City, MI – 2020 Juried Photography Exhibition
Dart for Art – Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI – 2020 Juried Art Submission
Lowell Arts Center, Lowell, MI – 2020 Guild Art Exhibition
Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI. – 2020 CT Photographer Society Exhibition
Grayling Art Explosion, Gaylord, MI. – 2020 Juried Exhibition
2019 Exhibits and Juried Submissions:
Indiana University, Kokomo, IN. – 2019 Juried Photography Exhibition
311 Gallery, Raleigh N.C. – 2019 Juried Photography Exhibition
Ann Arbor Art Center, MI – 2019 Juried Art Exhibition
Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI – 2019 Juried Art Exhibition
Univ. of Michigan Hospital Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI – 2019 Juried Solo Art Exhibition
Great Northern Art Explosion – Grayling, MI – 2019 Juried Art Exhibition
Dart for Art – Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI – 2019 Juried Art Submission
DeVos Art Museum at Northern Michigan Univ., Marquette, MI – 2019 Juried Photography Exhibition
Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI – 2019 Juried Photography Exhibition
2018 Exhibits and Juried Submissions:
Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI – 2018 Juried Photography Exhibition
Lowell Arts Center, Lowell, MI – 2018 Juried Art Exhibition
Dart for Art – Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI – 2018 Juried Art Submission
St. Joseph Hospital Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI – 2018 Juried Submission
Crooked Tree Art Center, Traverse City, MI – 2018 Juried Art Exhibition
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI – 2018 Juried Photography Exhibition