I spent a lot of my youth in a dark place with tragedy and loss. I
believe that because of this that I take moments to recognize the small things in life. Everyday is a blessing and every moment a gift. If something doesn’t make you realize this, to take the time to notice the little things, you are blessed.....however your life could be missing the world’s greatest joys. It was when I moved to Eastern Shore of Maryland, that I found the light I didn’t realize I had craved. I lived by the water as a young child and when I had moved away from it at the age of six I didn’t realize that I had lost something. Today I find that I gravitate to any body of water and get wrapped up in the nature around me. Observing the beautiful colors, objects, animals, insects, and scenery. To witness all of this when watched closely, with no expectations, a new world gets uncovered. All of these things will express life to you if you let it. Either their own life or to make you take in a breath of awe, and realize in that moment you just took a breath of joy, calmness, excitement, peace, or just plain realizing you are just a small part of this amazing world. I am a photographer at heart, I like the instant gratification of it and I like the ability to capture that moment that gets lost in a blink of an eye. I choose some of my photographs to paint because even as a photo they speak to me. It could be with the deepness of sorrow or of a life once known…or even with humor and lightheartedness. I choose my subjects by the way they make me feel and the way that I hope people will connect as well. I feel art isn’t doing its job if it doesn’t speak to anyone and that is why I want the viewer to wonder how the piece came about, even if it might have been a moment of chance. A lucky second that I was blessed to witness and even more so to capture. |