Artist Statement

Before becoming a Production Manager (currently "The Guardian" and recently "The Village" and "Dukes of Hazzard") and Studio Executive (Universal & Disney), I scouted locations for commercials and movies nationally and internationally for 15 years. I took literally hundreds of thousands of photographs and slowly developed a style of summarizing a place in a very particular and economical way. This eventually led to the style you see represented on this website, combined with a fascination in the places that people have lived, worked, played and in some cases, left behind.

Current Exhibitions

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (rental gallery)

Recent Exhibitions

Artspace (Solo) - Shreveport, LA (Dec/Jan '06) Forum link, Times link, Gallery photo

Orlando Gallery (Group) - Tarzana, CA

Phillips Mill Gallery (Juried Group) - New Hope, PA (May/June)

Anne Connelly Fine Art (Solo) Baton Rouge, LA (January/Feb '05) review link

Millard Sheets Gallery (Juried group) - Pomona, CA - AN UNPRECEDENTED 4 1ST PLACE AWARDS - (Sept)

Painted Bride Art Center (Group) - Philadelphia, PA (September) review link

Perfect Exposure Gallery (Portfolio) - Los Angeles, CA

Exposure Gallery (Solo) - Collingswood, NJ review link

Fritto Misto (Solo) - Santa Monica, CA

I-5 Gallery (Group) - Los Angeles, CA LA Times promo article

Coastal Arts League (Juried Group) – Half Moon Bay, CA

Image Gallery (Group) – Mattituck, NY

Millard Sheets Gallery (Juried Group) - Pomona, CA

Eclectic Café & Gallery (Solo) - Los Angeles, CA

Barsac Brasserie & Gallery (Solo) - Los Angeles, CA

Gallery Café @ Bergamot Station (Solo) - Santa Monica, CAEncino Terrace Center Gallery (Solo) - Los Angeles, CA

SoHo Gallery (Group) - Studio City, CA

“Icons of Civilization” winner published in Civilization magazine (Nov. 2000)

Member

Los Angeles League of Photographers (www.lalop.org)

Reviews

 "...classic and romantic images persisting in an ultra high-tech world...impeccably printed and sure to add elegance to any room.”

Anthony McBride, NoHo News , May '00

“…images combine an almost abstractionist's eye for composition with elements of reportage.”

Josef Woodard, Los Angeles Times , July ‘00

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