Currently I have Framed Work and Matted Prints at Second Street Gallery: 210 2nd St SE, Bandon, OR 97411 and Matted Prints and Cards at Maude Kerns Art Gallery: 1910 E 15th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403.

My motivation to return to photography was fulfilled after viewing the Maude Kerns Infrared Photography exhibit in 2018. This experience was profound and life-changing.

There is a substantial learning curve to transition from standard digital shooting and post-processing to back and white Infrared images. I concentrated specifically on the technical aspects involved. My desire was to present these images in a “middle world” manner, presenting a sense of something familiar but not quite being sure it is totally true - leaving more questions than answers

In the Begining, I was not going for the obvious effects in which a lot of black and white infrared is envisioned as surrealistic. Instead, I was bringing out the structural and textural qualities that were not present in day-to-day color or black or white images.

By 2021, I was determined to bring strong emotional impact to my work: Moving Toward the Emotive. In addition to applying deeper, expressive touches to black and white, I began experimenting with color infrared. This involved re-learning how to shoot and post-process ‘faux’ Color Infrared pictures.

Ethereal is the continuation of those efforts, mentioned above. It encompasses new photographs taken with Infrared Color filters, as well as, eliciting dormant color from the original Black and White ones, using various post-processing applications. A few of the images in the portfolio, represent my current processing technique that transforms the photographic images into landscapes that resemble oil and watercolor paintings.

I have also transitioned my post-processing of (real) color images, with what I learned from the infrared experience.