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An artist works to capture moments of truth, not simply moments
of beauty. I choose to express the truth and beauty of the
world around me and hopefully those themes more universal through
the images of daily life. I choose to reveal what others choose
not to see. So much of our daily life goes unexamined, un-viewed.
Perhaps my view is simply the amblers glance of the world. I stray toward trying
to see the world through the eyes of others. I yearn for alternate
perspectives, other visions.
I studied studio art at Tulane University (Newcomb College) in
New Orleans, the College of DuPage, and Loyola University, Chicago.
I graduated
with both a B.A. in Sociology and B.S. in Anthropolgy with
a minor in Art from Loyola University, Chicago.
In 1996, before beginning graduate school, I took
a position with Clear Channel Entertainment - Motor Sports
(then PACE Entertainment).
The company offered me the opportunity
to develop their internet department. I never made it to graduate
school in 1997.
Through my work as a website designer and an online journalist my interest in
photojournalism grew. My position allows me to travel extensively
through the United States. Working with top sports photographers
like Frank Hoppen and Steve Bruhn fueled
my passion for photography. Although I had been taking photos
since I was 13, I had never considered photography an art until
working with professionals. With some
encouragement I began taking photos again, for some purpose
other that to preserve and image that would later become a drawing
or
painting.
After beginning my career my passion for art never faltered, but for the first
time since my early childhood my patience for my own skill
ran short. After a few years I had all but given up painting.
In 2003 a trip to Italy inspired me to begin painting and drawing
again. I hope you enjoy what you see. If I have taken you out
of your life for a moment and made you stop and look twice;
then I have done what I set out to do.
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