Artist

I make images from chance and random encounters, from writing and images on walls and buildings, constituting signs and wonders in the street. I seek the moment when action, expression, perspective, and light coalesce into an image that invites the viewer into involvement, discovery, and delight.

 

My work is about time and epiphany, about the recognition of moments of composure and surprise in the ebb and flow of things and events, when the strange looks familiar and the familiar looks very strange. Each image brings back the moment of recognition but also records the loss of all the moments before and after. In the midst of loss, I hold on to the moments that make the past accessible.

 

I look for moments that embody creativity in the construction and performance of the world and that result in images that will hold the viewer’s attention. I seek images that incorporate a tension between form and content and that extend the composition to include the viewer’s world.  I especially seek moments that comment on the changes and chances of life. I look for spontaneous interaction with my subjects while making images so that we collaborate in the creative moment.