Landscape

Landscape photography has always been therapy for me. Landscape is where I started over 40 years ago, and it's what I go back to when the world is particularly frustrating. Finding sense, and logic, in an external space when mankind is focused on destruction of its resources and people, gives me a sense of security. When I realize that sense of security is possibly false, I am compelled to rush back to the landscape for two reasons. Number one is to be sure these places still exist. The other is to make sure I see them one more time before they are taken away.

Still-life

Over-explaining these still-life images would diminish the purposeful under-explaining they provide. They are inspired by relationships between people, and people and the environment. The ambiguity fuels an emotional response. Large gaping voids are left between purpose and understanding, focus and air, line and surface. Beauty emerges from places unfamiliar to the experience. The roadmap to understanding is a collage of tattered memories taped together, roughly folded, and stuffed into an age-stained envelope not quite large enough to hold the contents.

Paper

The prints in this exhibition are on Kozo paper made in Korea . Kozo paper is made from the inner bark of the mulberry tree . I chose this paper because of its very wide tonal range and sharpness. The softness of the surface of Kozo allows for deep absorption of the pigment-based ink. Occasionally there will be small plant fibers that are visible on the surface of the paper. This does not indicate a defect in the paper but is proof of the organic nature in the production of the paper.