A Green House on a lake in Canada
Water so pure we drank it
No electricity, no road no phone
Reading at night by the glow of oil lamps
My mother’s beautiful hands
My father’s gentle strength
Woods, rocks and water were our neighbors
Love
Mother’s love
Father’s love
Sisters’ love
Family love
Important, quiet
special, sharing, innocent, lucky, protected, safe
warm, happy and at times pensive
Connected
To self
To love
To Mother Earth
Till I was 55
My sister Randy died
I haven’t been back to Canada since
The glass broke, it shattered
I folded into myself in Pain
I put my Camera down
Passing had a new meaning
Time passed
Healing happened
Photography
A tribute, a celebration
In honor of
To remember
To be
Warmth, sunlight
Love
Tender
Honest
Water
Rocks
Earth
Beauty
In my backyard...
My Process
Women have become the focus of my ‘Beauty’ portfolio. Not for their obvious beauty, but for something more.
When I work with someone it is important to me that they feel safe and protected, and that I value and honor them. I watch to see how parts of their true self begin to emerge. I know that most of the time the person I started taking a walk with is not the person I have begun to know.
Sensuality plays a role in my work. I never apologize for that. And I can’t help but add a bit of old world romance.
Nature has it’s own mysterious sensuality.