Can landscape photography spark one’s imagination? Absolutely. While the foundation of a quality image is based on composition, light, and pattern, these aspects are meaningless if they result in just a “pretty picture”. I strive for something more.

Story is the driving force behind my creative work. I want my photographs to make the viewer pause, to take a longer second glance. Something—as ineffable as it might be—draws you into the picture. It speaks to you. In that moment, the photograph transcends mere imagery; it now has a story to tell.

I aim to transport the viewer into the photograph using a visual dialogue that elicits a sense of wonder… if only for a moment. My photographs combine with fanciful descriptors to plant a whisper of possibilities into the viewer’s mind, imbuing my landscape subjects with thoughts, capabilities, and desires that are universal to the human condition. Search through my galleries to find a living gateway to another realm, boulders that dream of sailing into the sunset, a gathering place for forest denizens, the failed ambitions of a shipwreck, a symbol of resiliency whose beauty is the direct result of life’s struggles—or whatever creative allegory strikes you.