As an artist I am drawn outdoors as it is my place of renewal, inspiration, and faith.
When the world is heavy I escape to the beautiful.
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I have used the landscape as my subject matter of choice to bring out and address how multiple photographs, when used in a coordinated effort, has the creative power and resolve to explore memory, perception, and real time accounts of a specific place. Collectively, this body of work has become my own self-portrait and affords me the opportunity to make sense of the world around me. Sometimes life is in focus yet other times it’s blurry, disjointed, and often hard to understand. However, the gift of vagueness is finding purpose in the defined.
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Both present and past time can exist within one shared space and elicit a psychological, emotional response. Our relationship with the land is complex and it ultimately mirrors our culture. Although I use multiple images to create a fractured picture plane, my intent is to create a visually reconciled relationship with the land and share my own point of view.
I was created by my Creator to create.
There is a holiness in nature that I find nowhere else. Sitting in God’s handiwork I am reminded of the sacred and divine as I look outward and within - God is with me, God is for me, and that God truly loves me. We are broken, the land and I; fractured, bruised and scarred. But in the sublime sanctuary of God’s Holy hospitality, we will forever be welcomed, healed, and renewed.
