About
Me
I was born
and raised in Oregon and have been doing photography for over
ten years. I received an art education at the Central Oregon
Community College earning an A.A. in Art and then a fine arts
education at the Pacific Northwest College of Art earning a
B.F.A. in Photography.
My work
is an ongoing exercise in exploring the beauty of life and
the rivers of Oregon. Primarily I am interested in the relationship
between light and water and the infinite number of colors
it can reflect from its surroundings. I hope the viewer is
left with a certain emotional or sensual response from seeing
my work. If it's successful, the viewer will feel it.
My tools
are relatively simple, natural light, tripod, camera and color
film. I use Fuji film for its unsurpassed sharpness and color
saturation. My exposures range from one sixtieth of a second
to two seconds, the average being about one second.
Since
August of 2007 I have been experimenting with using my digital
Nikon D50. The results have been very satisfying and colorful,
especially the images of the Wilson River, in the Tillamook
Forest. Selected images have been professionally printed on
metallic paper which has a glossy finish and metallic appearance
that creates an image with exceptional visual interest and
depth.
Artist
Statement
This is how I live and feel,
like cold water running over a smooth rock.
The sun barely shines through the clouds,
but yet it still touches me.
Sometimes it glistens on the water,
but it is too shallow to show completely that which it is
hiding.
I look at it wishing and looking for truth,
but I already know,
the search for truth is not smooth and all but cold.
The attraction to rivers, the rhythms of colors that it
reflects from its surroundings and the moods it creates are
the foundations of my photography. I feel that photographing
water is the best way to express my life and feelings. My
photographs are the truest expressions of my mind. They are
created through pleasure, pain, and the raw experiences of
emotions, obsession, love and lust.
My photographs capture more than the subject but an
emotional essence of the scene. I desire not only to capture
the beauty of what I see, but also to add some aspect of
myself and to share my distinct point of view with others.
The colors in the rivers are always changing, life is
always changing and so am I.
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| Education |
| B.F.A. |
2001 |
Photography |
Pacific
Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon |
| A.A. |
1998 |
Art |
Central
Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon |
| Solo
Exhibitions |
| 2008 |
Riverscapes,
Stone Buddha, Silverton, Oregon |
| 2007 |
Matins
of October, United Way Art of Change Gallery, Portland,
Oregon |
| 2006 |
New
Work, Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center,
Hillsboro, Oregon |
| 2004 |
An
Effort to Speak, Amore Salon and Spa, Portland, Oregon |
| 2003 |
Dreams,
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Beaverton, Oregon |
| 2002 |
Patterns,
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Beaverton, Oregon |
| 2002 |
New
Work, Luther House, Corvallis, Oregon |
| 2000 |
Opel
Creek, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland,
Oregon |
| 1998 |
Recent
Work, Nativity Lutheran Church, Bend, Oregon |
| Group
Exhibitions |
| 2008 |
Portland
Open Studios, Portland, Oregon |
| 2008 |
Wah
Chang Northwest Art & Air Festival, Albany, Oregon |
| 2008 |
11th
Annual Juried Art Exhibition, City of Gresham Art
Advisory Committee, Gresham, Oregon |
| 2007 |
Portland
Open Studios, Portland, Oregon |
| 2006 |
4th
Around Oregon Annual, Art Centric, Corvallis, Oregon |
| 2006 |
Lake
Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, Oregon |
| 2005 |
Wild
Arts Festival, Audubon Society of Portland, Portland,
Oregon |
| 2004 |
2nd
Around Oregon Annual, ArtCentric, Corvallis, Oregon |
| 2003 |
Landscapes,
PNCA Alumni, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland,
Oregon |
| 2003 |
Around
Oregon Annual, ArtCentric, Corvallis, Oregon |
| 2002-2003 |
Seeing
the Forest, Supporting the American Dream, Juried
Traveling Show, Oregon State University Extension Forestry
Program |
| 2002 |
Reflections,
Group Thesis Show, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland,
Oregon |
| 2000-2001 |
Seeing
the Forest, Art About Forests and Forestry, Juried
Traveling Show, Oregon State University, Oregon State
University Extension Forestry Program |
| Collections |
| Office
of Representative Darlene Hooley, U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington D.C. |
| Salem
Hospital, Regional Health & Maternity Services, Salem,
Oregon |
| Café
Bon Jour, Portland, Oregon |
| Careera
Motors, Bend, Oregon |
| Java
Man Coffee, Aloha, Oregon |
| Cafe
Bonjour, 3rd & Alder, Portland, Oregon |
| Cafe
Bonjour, 4th & Pine, Portland, Oregon |
| Cafe
Bonjour, 3rd & Alder, Portland, Oregon |
| Group
Portfolio 2001, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon |
| Luther
House, Corvallis, Oregon |
| Private
Residence, Arlington, Virginia |
| Private
Residence, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Private
Residence, Bend, Oregon |
| Private
Residence, Wilsonville, Oregon |
| Private
Residence, Portland, Oregon |
| Private
Residence, Portland, Oregon |
| Private
Residence, Portland, Oregon |
| Private
Residence, Corvallis, Oregon |
| Bibliography |
| |
"Art
happens here." Portland Tribune, 9 October 2007.
Section B, Page B1-B2 |
| |
"Where
are they now? The Broadside, 30 November 2005. Page 16 |
| Experience |
| 2001-
Present |
Custom
Picture Framer, Craft Warehouse, Aloha, Oregon |
| 2006 |
Photographer,
Erik & JeanmarieWedding, Portland, Oregon |
| 2006 |
Photographer,
McIntosh-Stevens Wedding, The Dalles, Oregon |
| 2005 |
Photographer,
Goucher Family, Hillsboro, Oregon |
| 2003 |
Photographer,
Chanchaleune-Smith Wedding, Portland, Oregon |
| 2001 |
Intern,
Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, Oregon |
| 2000 |
Custom
Printer, Mr. & Mrs. Curb, Beaverton, Oregon |
| 2000 |
Photographer,
Mr. Putney, Tigard, Oregon |
| 1997 |
Photographer,
The Bearwallow Inn, Bend, Oregon |
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