The intent of my work is not to dictate but to invite.

It is not the common beauty of the uncommon but more the uncommon beauty of the common I celebrate. The discovery and sharing of interesting happenstance invigorates me.

While having taken neither photography nor art classes, I have lived a life surrounded by art and artists. In that I have nearly four decades into taking pictures and developing my eye, it could be said I am self-taught.

That does not quite capture it though. It is more of a distracting compulsion. I notice things.