I was born in Van Nuys, California in 1955. This was the era of black and white television, film, magazines, and family photos.
My father was a camera engineer/technician for NBC-Hollywood. He was my mentor and coach letting me use the family Brownie to take family vacation photos. My mother made sure we stayed up to date with world events and discoveries. She provided years of subscriptions to National Geographic and Life Magazine which I poured over endlessly.
Fast forward 60 years, three adult children, four grandchildren, 24 years of teaching elementary school, and 48 years married and residing in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, my interest in photography has become a passion. I am self-taught and have progressed with the assistance of internet classes, photography clubs, workshops, books, and lots of trial and error. Continuously refining my techniques through mentorship and practice, I am driven by my enthusiasm for abstract realism and expressionism, learning and developing from artists such as Guy Tal, Doug Chinnery, and Valda Bailey. Other contemporary artists: Ansel Adams, Lewis Hine, Georgia O’Keefe, Dorothea Lange, have been influences.
