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Biography |
I began photographing with a Kodak Brownie and started learning the process of photography from my grandparents in Colorado, both dedicated amateur photographers and naturalists. Process was left behind for theory while studying art history at the University of California, San Diego, although chemistry and the beach kept interfering.
While in graduate school, my muse, Suzanne, and I built a darkroom in a closet so we could work together creatively on photography despite pursuing our individual fields of study. In 1979 we met Dan Fear, owner of the Silver Image Gallery in Seattle, one of the earliest U.S. photography galleries. Through Dan we were introduced to a wonderful assortment of artists. Inspired, we attended workshops and worked on our photography seriously through the ‘80s. Careers slowed efforts to a minimum in the ‘90s.
With the arrival of the digital darkroom at our Berkeley home in 2000, I began working under the tutelage of Jules Spilman, a painter and sculptor trained at the Chicago Art Institute. He offered me my first show in 2004 at his Gallery and Salon, and so a new phase began
The History of photography is replete with examples of image capture without a camera. My present focus, ‘From a Scanner, Darkly,’ began when I had no time to work with film. Instead, a scanner and a computer became my substitute for photosensitive materials and a darkroom.
I now use both analog and digital image capture, with, and without camera and lens. Images are printed digitally with pigment inks on archival paper.
Juried Competitions
| Art Port Townsend 2014 |
August 2014 |
Kitsap Arts and Crafts Art Show 2014
- Second Place, Photography |
July 2014 |
| 32nd Annual Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts |
May 2014 |
North Valley Art League, 2014 International
- Juried Photography Show |
May 2014 |
| Anacortes Art at the Port Juried Art Exhibition |
August 2013 |
| Art Port Townsend 2013 |
August 2013 |
| Santa Cruz Art League |
August 2013 |
The Cooperstown Art Association,
- 78th Annual National Exhibition |
July 2013 |
| 31st Annual Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts |
May 2013 |
| Sequim Arts 37th Annual Juried Show |
May 2013 |
Associated Arts of Ocean Shores,
44rd Annual Juried Art Show |
April 2013 |
| Spiva Center for the Arts, PhotoSpiva |
February 2013 |
Valdosta National 2013 Juried Show
- Fourth Place |
January 2013 |
| Northwest Fine Arts Competition |
October 2012 |
| Art Port Townsend 2012 |
August 2012 |
| Anacortes Art at the Port Juried Art Exhibition |
August 2012 |
| Northern National Art Competition 2012 |
July 2012 |
| 2012 Edmonds Arts Festival |
June 2012 |
Associated Arts of Ocean Shores,
43rd Annual Juried Art Show |
April 2012 |
| ARTworks 2011 |
September 2011 |
Art Institute & Gallery, 20th Annual
National Juried Competition |
September 2011 |
| Art Port Townsend 2011 |
August 2011 |
Gallore Gallery, 1st Annual Summer
Showcase International |
June 2011 |
| Sequim Arts 35th Annual Juried Show |
May 2011 |
Estes Park Art Center; Lines into Shapes
- First Place - Photography |
November 2010 |
| Northwest Fine Arts Competition |
October 2010 |
| Anacortes Art at the Port Juried Art Exhibition |
August 2010 |
| Edmonds Art Walk |
June 2010 |
Sequim Arts 34th Annual Juried Art Show
- Best of Show |
May 2010 |
| Monroe Arts Council Arty Gras |
February 2009 |
Monroe Arts Council Arty Gras
- Best of Show – Photography Exhibitions: |
February 2008 |
Exhibitions
| Edmonds Frame Design & Atelier |
May 2014 |
| MaJe Gallery, Edmonds, WA |
April - July 2014 |
Anacortes Arts Festival, Best of the Fest
- Two images used for advertising |
March 2014 |
| Works Progress, Seattle, WA |
August 2013 |
| Edmonds Frame Design & Atelier |
June 2013 |
| Sky River Meadery, Woodinville, WA |
February 2013 |
| Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, Wa |
October-November 2012 |
Dethlefs, Sparwasser, Reich,
Dickerson & Key, Edmonds, WA |
July –October 2012 |
Auburn City Hall, Auburn, WA |
June 2012 |
| Edward Jones, Inc. |
December 2011 |
Across the River Arts,
- Twentyfive: A Night of New Works |
August 2011 |
| Shelton Civic Center Art Gallery |
June-July 2011 |
| Edmonds Frame Design & Atelier |
May 2011 |
J. Rankin Jewelers, Edmonds, WA |
October 2010 |
| Amy Wells, Seattle WA |
April 2010 |
| Art Merchant Int’l, Monroe WA |
October 2008 |
Art Merchant Int’l, Monroe WA |
October 2007 |
Hermosa Salon and Gallery, Oakland CA |
June 2007 |
Spilman’s Collectibles’ Art Gallery, Berkeley CA |
April 2007 |
| Spilman’s Collectibles’ Art Gallery, Berkeley CA |
June 2006 |
| Britt-Marie’s, Albany CA |
December 2005 |
| Spilman’s Collectibles’ Art Gallery, Berkeley CA |
August 2005 |
| Yves Delorme, Bellevue WA |
July 2006 |
| Rendez-vous, Albany CA |
July 2005 |
| Spilman’s Collectibles’ Art Gallery, Berkeley CA |
January 2005 |
| Spilman’s Collectibles’ Art Gallery, Berkeley CA |
June 2004 |
Private
Collections
Seattle WA
Wellington FL
San Francisco CA
Jacksonville OR
Toronto Canada
Representation
Saaski Gallery, Monroe WA
Image
Capture and Printing
Images are captured with both analog and digital techniques. Analog capture is generally done with a 4 x 5 inch view camera and Polaroid Type 55 film. The Polaroid negative is then scanned with an Epson flat-bed scanner. Digital capture is performed with an Epson flat-bed scanner.
The captured images are treated to the digital equivalent of traditional darkroom manipulations; cropping, contrast adjustment, color balance, and burning & dodging. The final digital file is printed with Epson printers and Epson pigment inks on Hahnemuhle papers.
Price
List
| 5
x 7 cards |
1-9
$5.00 ea. |
10+
$4.00 ea. |
| Prints |
size |
matted
print |
framed |
| 8
x 10 |
$150 |
$200 |
| 11
x 14 |
$300 |
$350 |
| 16
x 20 |
$450 |
$500 |
| 20
x 24 |
$750 |
on
request |
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