Photography is all about the moment; capturing the

essence of that moment whether it is a person,

animal, landscape, flower, building...anything.

I take my camera with me each time I walk out the

door because "extraordinary moments" are not

predictable! I want to be able to show the

viewersomething unique about a person, place, n

ature..so that they can experience what I have in

that

instance.My love of photography began while

studying graphic design in 2000. Inspired by my t

eacher

friend Judy Detrick, I began my love affair with

nature through the lens of the camera. Several

years later I was asked to photograph and create a

calendar for the Greenwood Civic Club in my village

of Elk, CA. The calendar was called, "The Greenwood

Wildflowers" and I superimposed each woman's

portrait into a flower of their choice! It was during

this project that my interest in portrait photography

grew. What I realized at that time was that all

photography was about capturing that

speciaquality; the essence, of whatever my subject

was.

I have been in exhibits nationally as well as in

Karlshrue, Germany; the Matsumoto Museum in

Matsumoto, Japan; and Omachi, Japan. I am currently

exhibiting my work in the Artists' Cooperative of

Mendocino in Mendocino, CA.