The transformation of the ordinary is the heart of my work. On one level I’m a nature photographer, but it is not as simple as that. Natural elements. Natural light. Unnatural composition. Mirroring and multiplication of a single image. My process is guided by curiosity. 

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 I re-organize and re-present new views of familiar scenes using digital collage techniques with the intention of offering a deeper view and new understanding.

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 Visiting Hawaii earlier this year shifted everything. For example, I am used to the gnarled roots of oak trees along the Mississippi River. However, on Oahu, roots of the Indian Banyan trees grow upward, above the ground, and linear. 

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 The questions remain. Would Hawaiian trees, flowers, and plants reveal something different than the oak trees along the Mississippi River?  What organic shapes, forms, and faces would be unveiled? Is their a kinship between the tundra and the tropics?