Photography became an early interest of mine, using a cheap instamatic ordered from the back of a cereal box. Raised in the Midwest, I moved to Colorado to complete a Bachelor of Arts combining Sociology, English and Fine Arts into a distributive degree. During the next few years in San Diego, work as a docent for the Museum of Photographic Arts added substantially to my understanding of the medium. In 1986 I moved to Portland, Oregon and continued work in photography as an artist and as a volunteer at Blue Sky Gallery.

I work with both film and a digital camera, exploring environments and ordering the world through a lens. My work has been exhibited in local galleries and museums, as well as outside the state. Images are held in both private and public collections.

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