Genesis
As a school age child and teen, painting and drawing were always important to me. In high school I discovered photography. Pencils and brushes were put aside in favor of film, paper and chemicals. After high school I studied photography with Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind and Frederick Sommer at the Institute of Design. Five years later I moved into directing motion pictures. Later in life I became an art teacher and returned to making photographs.
I have experienced both the birth and death of loved ones, and have found the need to express the notion of mortality, impermanence, and limits as themes in my photographic work. Photography enables me to discover, reveal and create more than the eye readily discerns-what the heart and mind sometimes hides.
I am a charter member of Perspective Group and Gallery. My work is in the collections of JP Morgan Chase and The Detroit Institute of Arts as well as private collections. Selected venues where I have exhibited are Bauhaus-Archiv/ Museum fur Gestaltung, Berlin, Germany, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Bridgeport Art Center and Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL,, The Center for Fine Art Photography, FT. Collins, CO., Perspective Gallery, The Evanston Art Center, and Gallery Mornea, Evanston, IL., The Art center of Highland Park, IL., Gallery Pink, Oak Park, IL., Aux Pieds Leves Gallerie d'art, Hudson (Montreal), Quebec, Canada.
All my images are available for sale. Please contact me using the form below for prices and available sizes. Or for any comments and questions.