Past Director:
Washington Street Gallery

Exhibitions:
Photo-Cell
Altmans
Art Institute of Chicago
Box Factory for the Arts
Lamp Gallery
Guggenheim
Smithsonian
Institute
Oxford University
Purdue University
Washington
Street Gallery
The Spurious Fugitive
WNIT - TV South Bend, Indiana
WTTW - TV Chicago
Krasl Art Center
Synapse Gallery
South Bend Regional Museum of Art
Lubeznik Center for the Arts
New Moon Gallery
Gallerie del Corazon

Past President:
Northern Indiana Artists Association
Buchanan Art Center
Ellen Block Fine Arts
Dean Johnson Gallery
Circa Arts
The Star Gallery
Benton Harbor Gallery of Fine Art
Midwest Museum of American Art
Carnegie Center for the Arts
Southwestern Michigan College
Northern Indiana Center for History
Southern Shores Artists Association
The Chicago Board of Education
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
CBS - TV
Midwest Society of Erotic Photographers
also in selected private and corporate collections

Artist Statement:
Before you look at the photographs there is a story that needs to be told about the pieces that are in front of you. We often see a final image and are struck by the color, light or texture of a world interpreted by the artist. It may be real, surreal, an impression or abstraction. We compare it to the experience and decide if it is truth or beauty, brutal reality or unjustly critical. It is in this end result of a lifetime of learning, and a continued quest for understanding that we stand and gaze at a photograph, canvas or sculpture and wonder what brought this work together as we see it.

I have always been fascinated by the ability of photography to show minute detail and puzzled by those people who are unable to see that it can also be a serenely soft media, not only hiding our faults but becoming a fantasy as well. This compelling dichotomy is an inspiration and completes all of my visions.

The camera is fully capable of exactly reproducing whatever is placed before it and anyone skilled in image enhancement would find scarce challenge in manipulating an image but in what context should this or any other embellishment be done? I find great comfort in being able to switch from the traditional film cameras to digital ones and make no distinction between the tools or process, but concentrate solely on the result. This is not just a technical exercise, it is the mastery of my chosen craft that leaves many viewers unable to tell the difference between the two even after close scrutiny.

Photography has been used too often to simply document our lives and the inherent creativity of the media is overlooked or dismissed as ‘easy’ when compared to more traditional art forms. It is a process whose many practitioners debate form or content yet rarely achieve technical competence or aesthetic clarity. It is my desire to find a balance between these two ideals and a deep and meaningful personal expression. In this context my work continues to evolve encompassing abstract and formal ideation.