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Stories and ideas behind how I create my art: from the ideas that fuel my creativity to the techniques that help me realize it.

tissue-thin mini-sculptures

September 18, 2020 in About my arttopics:

I’ve been spending the last few weeks working with the dried flowers from an orchid we have in our kitchen. It’s funny, I don’t like photographing orchids when they are still fresh and alive. They are just too much of a thing, you know? They are too…  read more


We really need spring

March 26, 2020 in About my arttopics:

Sometimes, we just really need spring to arrive. Not like a lamb, nor a lion, but like a wave — rising up and washing away all traces of the past winter.


feeling the pressures of fall

October 31, 2019 in About my arttopics:

Autumn is a source of inspiration for my art. But it can also be a source of tension. Every leaf I see is a potential work of art. But that means every leaf I walk past is art that will never get made. It can…  read more


not so fast

October 18, 2019 in About my arttopics:

Some days I have such a strong urge to work quickly, and create as much art as possible. This often happens after a long walk, when I gathered a pile of leaves, twigs, and acorns, full of possibilities. Bursting with ideas, I just want to…  read more


inspiration in the common and overlooked

August 02, 2019 in About my art & Nature and environmenttopics:

My abstract photographs explore our personal relationship with the natural world we experience everyday. I find my inspiration in common and overlooked scraps of nature, like this fallen leaf. They are a part of our environment we usually ignore, or at best consider a nuisance….  read more


finding an ocean in a patch of ice

June 24, 2019 in About my arttopics:

Ocean Storm – an abstract photograph of melting ice. Every year, there is one or two precious days were conditions are just right for beautiful ice sculptures to form outside my home. A storm will pile snow and ice on the railing of my deck….  read more


Celebrating the end of winter

April 01, 2019 in About my arttopics:

In the middle of winter, I bought my daughter some gerbera daisies to brighten up her room. But once they started to wilt, I stashed them into my studio to watch and study. I find flowers much more interesting when they are fading. The bright…  read more


Cold dense energy

March 26, 2019 in About my arttopics:

It’s a little funny, thinking so much about ice — and its cold dense energy — while the weather outside warms and softens.


Working fast with melting ice

March 12, 2019 in About my arttopics:

Every year, there are only one or two precious days were the conditions are just right for these beautiful ice sculptures to form on the deck just outside my kitchen. We first need to get a heavy enough snowfall, so that snow collects in heaps…  read more


Breakaway

May 09, 2018 in About my arttopics:

I often explore how one part of nature can suggest another quite distant from itself. I found this vibrant red maple leaf far inland, but I saw in it the surging energy of the ocean. By balancing its sharp details, rising like mist, with the…  read more