Artist Statement
After playing with a Minolta SRT101 for many years, my formal photographic training actually began underwater. A diving accident ended my underwater efforts and the passion to explore and record the deeps is now focused primarily above sea level.
To say that I am enthusiastic and emotional might be an understatement. In fact, I am living proof that Lucy, Charlie Brown's Lucy, was wrong when she suggested, in 1958, that only little kids jump up and down when they're happy.
The 35mm camera (now Canon digital) is the only tool I've found, which is flexible enough for me to capture the changes occurring, in all directions, when Mother Nature puts on a light show. I attempt to create images that somehow show the "feelings", rather than the "details" of the moment. My art is a constant experiment in capturing feelings. I fail frequently, but keep trying. And, I remain very thankful for "neurochromes" - the images remembered but not "truly" captured.