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Camille Paglia wrote, "The Artist makes art not to save humankind, but to save himself."

From an early time, I have been a photographer. Some of my ancestors were photographers, beginning with my great-great grandfather who was a Civil War photographer. The arts have always been an important way that my family has communicated their lifestyles, their feelings, their travels, and travails, and I follow in that tradition.

Since college, which included classes in art and art history (ironically, not photography), no matter what professional pursuits, I have studied and practiced the art of photography. I have made the evolutionary transfer from film to digital, which has helped to make my ability to control the final outcome significant, as I do all my own processing, archival printing, and custom framing.

My cameras, my computers, my printers, and photo paper are my essential tools of my trade. Beyond the skills to manipulate these tools to my will lies the essence of my art and who I am. The artistic principles I employ are those that are time honored. In spite of the current technology that I find so intriguing, there is no magic without the appreciation of the principles.

In spite of varied career pursuits, none have compared to my life-long pursuit of the arts, winch has given me nothing but pleasure. If pain and anguish are essential to the arts, then I have missed out, and for that I am thankful.

I offer an extensive array of photographic subjects, in framed and unframed prints and greeting cards. I am represented by the Renaissance Gallery in Rochester, NY and am a member of the Gallery 54 Cooperative. As a former member of the Syracuse Camera Club, I organized photo exhibitions throughout Central New York. 1 also plan to open an art gallery in DeRuyter, NY.

I hope that my photography establishes a relationship between who I am and the viewer. Every day, each image I create sparks my imagination and evokes a feeling about the subject that hopefully transforms the ordinary into something special.