My Creative Process

I like to draw from textures and patterns that I see in the natural world and architecture and infuse them with a sense of mystery and spirituality putting my “Soul Print” on them.  Recently I have been drifting even further into the ethers of my imagination which leaves me completely unfettered to create in a limitless environment.  The departure from a more rigid and traditional photographic discipline is more in keeping with  my personality.  My photographs become partners with me and the Divine on a journey to Mystery and Beauty.  I remember hearing the great master of landscapes, Ansel Adams said that he considered his negatives as the raw material for his work…and  the real creativity took place for him in the darkroom.  As I am sure he did, I enjoy my time in the field with my camera, but it is when I am playing in my digital darkroom that real creativity unfolds within me.  Each image is an exploration and journey that begins with play with a destination unknown.  I never know where the creative process will take me…. I never have a plan for where I am going….  I let just the creative and intuitive process unfold.  It is exciting during those days and hours when I sense something magical is happening and feel the momentum building and building within me.  I intuitively know when a piece is done.  It is a wonderful and magical process… intoxicating yet never controlled….