ARTIST STATEMENT
In our daily rush we often fail to see the world around us. I seek the extraordinary in ordinary places, for things often overlooked. Using available light and wide-angle lenses, I work close to my subjects; inviting the viewer in and encouraging them to come close to my photographs. In documenting the commonplace, I seek archetypal American images.
CV
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Education
2020 Towson University, Master of Fine Arts candidate, Photography
2018 Southern New Hampshire University, Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, Digital Photography
2011 Carroll Community College, Certificate, Entrepreneurship in the Arts
1983 to University of Pittsburgh, Economics 1986
Teaching Experience
2018 Adjunct Faculty, Towson University, Towson, MD Course: ART 217, Digital Concepts: Images and Surfaces
2011 to Adjunct Faculty, Continuing Education, Carroll Community College, Westminster MD Present Courses: Available Light Photography Crafting the Photograph Digital Black-and-White Photography Night Photography Nikon DSLR Foundation Nikon DSLR Advanced Operating Your Digital Camera
2017 Integrace Fairhaven, Senior Living Facility, Sykesville MD Course: The Art and Craft of Digital Photography
Grants
2017 Aroha Philanthropies, Seeding Vitality Arts U.S., Cultivating Creativity, Integrace Fairhaven, Sykesville, MD
Solo Exhibitions
2014 American Temples, Jonal Gallery, Columbia PA
2013 to Centennial Churches, Mission Center of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, United Present Methodist Church, Fulton MD — rotating exhibition, prints changed every two months
Juried Exhibitions
2018 Celebration of the Arts, The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Howard County Arts Council, Columbia MD
2017 Celebration of the Arts, The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Howard County Arts Council, Columbia MD
2016 Maryland Artist Registry Juried Exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore MD (Juror: Gamynne Guillotte, Baltimore Museum of Art)
Carroll County Arts Council Juried Exhibit, Tevis Gallery, Carroll County Arts Council, Westminster MD (Juror: Gavin Glakas, Principle Gallery, Alexandria VA and Charleston SC)
Celebration of the Arts, The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Howard County Arts Council, Columbia MD
2015 Art Howard County 2015, Howard County Center for the Arts, Howard County Arts Council, Ellicott City MD (Juror: Paula L. Phillips, Maryland Institute College of Art)
Celebration of the Arts, The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Howard County Arts Council, Columbia MD
14th Annual Members’ Exhibition, The Saville Gallery, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland MD
Langdon Family Art Gallery, Carroll Community College, Westminster MD (Juror: Margaret Ball, Director of Art, Scott Center Gallery, Carroll Community College)
2014 The Bridges of Antietam Creek, Washington County Arts Council, Hagerstown MD
The Wills Creek Survey, The Saville Gallery, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland MD (Juror: Ksenya Gurshtein, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)
Celebration of the Arts, The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Howard County Arts Council, Columbia MD
13th Annual Members’ Exhibition, The Saville Gallery, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland MD
Photography Faculty Exhibition, The Babylon Great Hall, Carroll Community College, Westminster MD (Juror: Margaret Ball, Director of Art, Scott Center Gallery, Carroll Community College)
2013 Images of the Civil War, Tevis Gallery, Carroll County Arts Council, Westminster MD
Art Howard County 2013, Howard County Center for the Arts, Howard County Arts Council, Ellicott City MD (Juror: Fahimeh Vahdat, Chair of Visual Arts, Howard Community College)
Celebration of the Arts, The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Howard County Arts Council, Columbia MD
12th Annual Members’ Exhibition, The Saville Gallery, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland MD
2012 Art MD 2012, Howard County Center for the Arts, Howard County Arts Council, Ellicott City MD (Juror: Philippa Hughes, Creative Contrarian, The Pink Line Project)
Exhibition of Digital Printmaking, Langdon Family Gallery, Carroll Community College, Westminster MD (Juror: Margaret Ball, Director of Art, Scott Center Gallery, Carroll Community College)
Be the Light, Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church, Fulton MD
Celebration of the Arts, The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Howard County Arts Council, Columbia MD
11th Annual Members’ Exhibition, The Saville Gallery, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland MD (Juror: Susan Williamson, Visual Arts Coordinator, Carroll County Arts Council)
Group Exhibitions
2017 15th Annual Members’ Show, Tevis Gallery, Carroll County Arts Council, Westminster MD
Howard County Open 2017, Howard County Center for the Arts, Howard County Arts Council, Ellicott City MD
2016 14th Annual Members’ Show, Tevis Gallery, Carroll County Arts Council, Westminster MD
Howard County Open 2016, Howard County Center for the Arts, Howard County Arts Council, Ellicott City MD
2015 13h Annual Members’ Show, Tevis Gallery, Carroll County Arts Council, Westminster MD
Howard County Open 2015, Howard County Center for the Arts, Howard County Arts Council, Ellicott City MD
2014 Photography Faculty Exhibition, The Babylon Great Hall, Carroll Community College, Westminster MD
12th Annual Members’ Show, Tevis Gallery, Carroll County Arts Council, Westminster MD
Howard County Open 2014, Howard County Center for the Arts, Howard County Arts Council, Ellicott City MD
Installations
2017 Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Buffalo, NY to 2020 this 10.5' wide x 12.5' high photograph of this Frank Lloyd Wright designed house is installed in the main terminal of the airport through 2019.
Professional Affiliations
Lifetime Arts
Nikon Professional Services
Professional Photographers of America
Society for Photographic Education