My abstract images taken in the Palouse area of southeast Washington State propose a new way to observe landscape photography, devoid of conventional subject matter, replete however with a clear vision of aesthetic detailed form, color and texture, revealing less noticed aspects of the surroundings.  By removing the context and exploring the microcosm itself, I move beyond the limits of realism of representational photography to conceptual interpretation.

The passion and purpose of my photography is to capture a glimpse of this intrinsic beauty, this original, unique art before it disappears as a new season approaches. At any moment on location, I like to convey an emotional response to what I see, to what I feel, to what I am moved by, to what is drawing me into the scene.  My intention then is to capture the particular, to appreciate the peculiar, to acknowledge the astonishing and to illicit an impactful response from you the viewer.

The sweeping landscape of the Palouse in Eastern Washington captivates me because it is filled with never disappointing possibilities: lines, shapes, highlights, shadows, textures, from lush green rolling hills in the summer to the white of snow of the winter etched beneath by the dark fertile top soil. This entire scene is scripted by man’s interventions: plowing, discing, harrowing, seeding and cultivating these dry land crops, then harvesting. Huge tractors and self-elevating combines especially designed for the steep rolling hills become the tools to create the art in the immense wheat, barley, lentil fields.

 I convert this environment into a series of photographic images which speak a visualized language: a new form of beauty, refined, recomposed and retouched. This art is meant to be experienced by you, the viewer, with the same wonderment that captured my mind and heart.  I hope to evoke in you, wonderment of your own.