My style was influenced by the lush Southern environment of my youth. Raised in an artistic family in Memphis, I was profoundly influenced by visiting New Orleans as a child. I studied art and art history at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri and then transferred to Newcomb College in New Orleans, where I studied drawing and painting with Hal Carney, Pat Trivigno and Franklin Adams.
I began photographing in New Orleans in 1983 as reference for the figurative oil paintings I was creating. Enamored with photography, but missing the sensual qualities of paint, I soon began painting on the photographs, finding a delicate balance between the surreal and realistic interpretation of the images.
At the same time, I was employed as a designer and copywriter for The Times-Picayune newspaper's Marketing department. While there, I produced the re-creation of The Picayune's Creole Cook Book - the classic 1901 cookbook, published in 1987. Soon after I moved to New York to pursue a career in photography.
I has been commissioned for many fine art photographs, book covers, portraits, annual reports, editorial and advertising assignments. A major contributor to Hearst's Victoria Magazine, I also photographed for The Berkley Group, Penguin Putnam, Random House, Bantam, Simon & Schuster, St. Martin's Press, Little Brown & Co., Warner Books, Sony Records, Young & Rubicam and Florida Atlantic University among others. My photographs have been included in gift books and on greeting cards.
My photographs have been exhibited internationally and are included in private collections around the world. My work can be viewed by appointment in Denver, where I am making photographs for fine art and assignment and designing for the web.
Below are some articles about my work.
