Ansel Adams said,

“Ask yourself. “Does the subject move me to feel, think, and dream?”

Recently I have been exploring composite work along with black and white landscape photography. I’m fascinated with light and shadow and how it changes over time. In a minute a scene can transform in mood from playful to somber with the passing of a cloud. Water can capture a jewel of light and play with it and then toss it aside as the day passes. I’m intrigued by the way design and structure can delight and pull an image out of the ordinary, giving it new and multiple meanings. Composite work allows me to explore visual ironies. Through light and shadow play and layering, I search for a feeling of presence in my images. I’m fascinated by the transformations of nature and artist manipulation, hiding and revealing structure. These changes ask the viewer to ponder, “What is important?” “What is real?”

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