About The Artist

I have been an internationally exhibiting artist and photographic instructor for over 30 years. I remembered when I got my first camera at age 8, a Kodak Brownie. I tried to "sneak-a-peak" at my first roll of film before taking it to be developed, and was disappointed (and suspicious of being tricked!) when there was nothing there to see! After the film was developed and came out black, I was interrogated by my father who was a former chemist, and he tried to explain the concept of a "latent image". I found it wondrously intriguing that there could be something essentially invisible, and yet recorded on the film, and it couldn't be seen unless acted upon. At the time, it seemed as magic.... Since that time, I have loved visual paradox (making visible what's there but hidden somehow) and that theme seems to be one of the common threads throughout my work. Resumé Photographs In Museum / Corporate Collections Houston Museum of Fine Art Museum of Modern Art, New York City National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography Daum Museum of Art, Sedalia, MO Southeastern Center for Contemporary Arts (SECCA) Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, N.C. Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam American Telephone and Telegraph R.J. Reynolds Industries Security Pacific National Bank Shriner's Children Hospital Wachovia Bank Wells Fargo Bank World Savings Bank Fellowships: National Endowment To the Arts - Photographers Fellowship National Endowment To The Arts - Visiting Artist Workshop stipend awarded by the Light Factory Gallery in Charlotte, N.C.