My work centers on memory, dreams and personal history coupled with a love of the quiet elegance found in nature: it’s poetic form, perfect symmetry, color that speaks and endless mystery. From my earliest days photographing in 1979, I felt the need to refine the original ‘drawing with light’ by adding something of my own to what I saw through my lens, often giving the final image a surreal quality. For many years, I did this by hand coloring my b&w silver prints and largely showed this work. I wear leg braces due to an injury which limits how long I can walk.
This book is about my experiences with being a bipolar artist and addict both in and out of recovery from both forms of mental illness.
I see angels.
I see one in you, the reader.
This book is co-created by you.
It wouldn’t exist without you.
You bring yourself to the table I’ve set.
I believe that there isn’t an unnecessary piece in our tapestry.
It’s my hope that the reader finds it healing.
