My journey as an artist

After suffering psychological trauma, I began exploring my love of photography as a means to manage my mental health.  I tend to shy away from one specific genre instead shooting what I am feeling.  I have shot a variety of images ranging from Landscape to portrait, and almost everything in between.  I am currently working on my "Mental Health" series of images, which is a collection of Fine Art/Composition imagery.

While healing, I took up woodworking again, something I did with my grandfather as a kid.  I found that I started producing  wood products that others enjoyed and began looking for a way to combine my love of photography and woodworking.  The process has allowed me to have a creative outlet to manage emotion and thought. 

While I have continued to evolve my practice, I was frustrated by the amount of wood waste I created.  I committed to saving each salvageable piece and do my part to eliminate it from the burn bin or landfill.  From utilizing the waste pieces of my hand crafted photo frames or taking the "ugly" wood that others don't want, I create rustic designed, value added products, such as coffee pour over stands, business card holders or wood furniture.