 
About the Artist
I am drawn to the mysteries of the human condition
and the odysseys we undertake, mental and physical. From the beginning,
people have told me thousands of stories, and my imagination turns them
into visual narrative. I listen and pay attention, respecting the large
and little dignities and indignities of living. I have always photographed
people.
My own journey
led me to Harvard and a degree in English Literature, with a passion for
novels and poetry. Art took a back seat to life, as I earned an MBA at
Harvard, to make ends meet. What followed were many years of high-level
management experience in a man's world. A long marriage of many seasons,
three strong daughters, and studying art and printmaking round out the
summary. For more information about my background, feel free to review
my biography.
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Which of her forms has shown her substance
right?
Or maybe substance can be composite.
W. B. Yeats, A Bronze Head
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My earliest childhood memories in Wisconsin are
of drawing stories and making images, alone, in the late blue summer evenings.
My work is drawn from this lived life, telling tales and truths as I see
them, describing the mundane and the odd, leaving to the viewer's imagination
the reconstruction of the embedded storytelling.
 Portraiture
is central to my fine art, as well as space and time where the absence,
presence, or ambiguity of people take on significance. Two of my series
– "Do
I Measure Up?..." and Conversations
explore different approaches to portraiture. In the first, I test
my ability to capture the spirit of individuals I did not know within
the context of their edgy, closed society. In the second, with people
whom I do know, I aim to create the most fully realized portrait possible
through the use of multiple images, out of context and ranging from the
ugly to the beautiful. In both series, I hope the images will invite the
viewer to return to our shared human emotions and, perhaps, by doing so,
find some thoughts transformed on that day. Stop, look, listen, see.
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What mattered was that they should bear
Some lineament or character...
Of the planet of which they were part.
Wallace Stevens, The Planet on the Table
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Long
Day's Journey was completed a year ago. It asks: "What is 'home'?
How do our memories and the speed at which we move through life shape
us? From what do we derive our identity? Is our memory trustworthy? Can
we ever, in this long day's journey, see clearly where we have been and
what we have become? In Long Day's Journey I am revisiting places and
memories from my past with new eyes.
My newest work, Forty Eight
States, emerged from that series. It is showing in many venues
across America.
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