Archival Pigment 16x20 Framed Print

As a trained classical violinist and bluegrass fiddler, my career as a touring musician, recording artist and educator spanned non-stop from 1960 to 2013. Starting as a teenager I have been obsessed with photography, from darkroom 21/4 x 21/4 film to today’s digital revolution. My 4 primary musical goals have always been expression, innovation, technique and composition. In applying exactly these same 4 intentions to my photography I find that musical and photographic composition are quite the same, both depend entirely on the artistic placement of available or sometimes imaginary elements. The creation of both music and photography starts before using the instrument, both start with seeing. My work seeks a sense of surprise, something new on the palette. I intend to create a more extreme idea of contrast, slightly surreal, darker shadows, bright highlights. I'm happy to stay near the border of representational and interpretive, stepping over the line a little and then coming back.