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​              About Me: My Bio
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Information Technology (IT) was my first career, the perfect outlet for my love of writing and problem-solving. It taught me to be precise and exacting; to effectively communicate my ideas to others; and finally, to accept and embrace change. In many ways it prepared me for what would follow.

Photography began as a hobby, and slowly morphed into my encore career in the arts. It provided the building blocks for experimenting with new techniques, and combining them with ancient materials and processes. It is both a journey and a life-long learning process. It is technology, communication, creativity, playfulness, and more. It is my passion; it is what makes me happy to wake up every day and experience what life has to offer.


Why Mixed Media? I use a variety of output media to complement the natural and organic subject matter of my work. These materials include Japanese specialty papers, silks, and encaustic materials. The subject matter, materials, and processes are inspired by the simplicity and elegance of ancient artisans.

See below for more information about my Personal Projects, Awards, Publications, and more...
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Personal Projects
Twelve Day Challenge: Variations on a Bonsai, 2020
Egret in Flight Series, 2019
Delicate Beauty, 2013 - 2019
Silk Panels, 2017

Prairie Power, 2013
Flowers with Attitude, 2012
Autumn Exploration, 2011
Photo Documentary of West Chicago, 2011
Club and event photography for Roselle Lions Club, 2009 – Present
Event Photographer for American Legion Post 1084, 2009 – Present
Art in Public Spaces (Chicago Area),  2011
Art and Architecture of Chicago Area Cemeteries, 2010


Awards 
2019 1st Place 2D / Glen Ellyn Festival of Fine Arts, August
2019 Award Of Excellence / Glenview Summer Festival Of Arts, July. Judges Lou Pierozzi and Peggy McNamara
2019 3rd place / Bloomingdale Artists Association Spring Show / Bloomingdale, IL / Juror Marge Hall

2017 Award of Merit: LF-LB Artisan Guild Fall Art Fair / Lake Forest
2017 Honorable Mention: "Contemplation" Thomson Allstate Insurance Agency Corporate Art Gallery, Arlington Heights, IL
​2017 Best in Show; EXPOSED Photography Showcase, An exhibition by College of DuPage Students and Recent Alumni / 
        Jurors L ShoulterKarall, Brian Schilling, Kevin O. Mooney
​2017 2nd Place: Egret Portrait / Bloomingdale Artists Association (BAA) Spring Exhibit; May - June / Juror Jean McCormick

​2016 Best in Category (Mixed Media) 42nd Art in the Barn / September 24 - 25, 2016 / Barrington, IL
2016 Finalist on Alternative Processes, Digital Manipulation, and Collages category: "Foggy Morning Flight" 8th Edition Julia Margaret Cameron Award
2016 Honorable Mention: "Over the Moon" Norris Gallery Exhibit "Fly Away!" January - February

2015 Honorable Mention: "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" - Juried Multi Media Art Exhibit , Bloomingdale Park District Museum, October - November, Juror Katherine Steinbring;
2015 1st Place: "Pick Me (Columbine)" Bloomingdale Artists Association Annual Spring Show, Bloomingdale Park District Museum / Juror Matt Puchalski
2014 Honorable Mention: "Prairie Power: Winter's End," Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit, Cleve Carney Art Gallery, McAninch Arts Center; April - May / Juror Staci Boris
2014 1st Place: "Starved Rock " Lions State of Illinois Environmental Photo Contest; (See February District 1-J Journal for image and story)
2014 Finalist  in Landscapes and Seascapes category: "River Cruise 1" 6th Edition Pollux Award  
2014 Finalist in Alternative Processes and Digital Manipulation category: "History Lesson 1" 6th Edition of Julia Margaret Cameron Award
2012 Winner Lions District 1-J Environmental Contest for "Looking Up"
2010 Winner of the Lions District 1-J Environmental Contest for "Egret and Reflection"

Publications and Presentations:
2019 Presentation "Creative Vision, Photography, and the Post-Processing Playground at CACCA's biennial CAPS School, November
2019 Presentation on Creative Vision and Exploration to the Downers Grove Artists' Guild, November
2019 Presentation to Mayslake Nature Study and Photography Club,  "Creative Vision, Photography, and the Post-Processing Playground, November
2018 Behind the Scenes, presentation to the Arlington Camera Club
2018 Behind the Scenes, a presentation to the Morton Arboretum Photographic Society on my Delicate Beauty Series, its origins and my process
The Hand Magazine, Issue 7, January 2015
The Hand Magazine, Issue 6, October 2014
Selected Images from "Delicate Beauty" included in presentation "The Expanded Creative Palette of Digital Fine Art Printing!" by David Robert Farmerie, at Filter Photo Festival, September 2014
Prairie Light Review, Spring 2013

Juror
Lion's District 1-J 2013 Environmental Photo Contest

Affiliations:
Artists on the Bluff, 2019
​Arlington Camera Club, since 2016

Arts in Bartlett, since 2014
ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers), since 2010
Bloomingdale Artists Association (BAA), since 2015
Chicago Area Camera Clubs Association (CACCA), since 2016
College of Du Page Photo Club, 2010 - 2015
Elmhurst Artists' Guild, 2020

fotoMuses, since 2012
Lake Forest - Lake Bluff Artisan's Guild, 2017-2019

MAPS (Morton Arboretum Photographic Society), since 2013
NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals), since 2010



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