He Flips His Skirt While Dancing… …is an abstract study of an ordinary object that is widely used by everyone. While working on this piece I would leave the image on my screen for days and look at it from a distance to determine the mood and story I wish …
Description Wanting to make photography more interactive I have combined augmented reality (AR) to bring this work to life using video. AR has opened a whole new world for me and this project, Street Side Zen, gives people the ability to take a moment and view our world through my …
Statement Love Who You Love is a phrase that I live by and that I hear a lot in conversation with friends. I chose this particular image to match the theme of resilience. It depicts friends of mine, Krista and Helen, on their wedding day. Two years after Krista had come through the …
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 Last Days of the Camera Store, Alternative Spaces, Kansas City, Mo 2015 Modern Streets of an Ancient Empire, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO 2013 Modern Streets of an Ancient Empire, Potter Gallery, St. Joseph, MO 2013 Modern Streets of an Ancient Empire, Thornhill Gallery, …
After our wonderful meal Lorraine and Pat blessed us with wonderful soul filled music that made you want to dance, laugh, smile and cry. This video is a recording of one of Lorraine’s original pieces.
November 27, 2014 my dear friend, Rick and his wife, Lorraine, invited me over to Lorraine’s Mama Lou’s for Thanksgiving. Due to my work schedule I don’t have the chance to visit with my own family on this holiday, so every year I am surprised by where I will spend …
On November 8th, at Mike Kelly’s Westsider as we listened and danced to the great sound of Cachecanto, Bear sits at the door takin’ in the money.
I was invited to a friends ranch in the Flint Hills for the sole purpose of photographing. I had an evening and a morning to work, see, and create. The lone tree which for me, signifies the prairie was the first image I saw, as I walked around looking, composing …
A friend and I decided to photograph the Royals Blue on October 27th. We started our blue journey at the Kauffman Performing Arts Center, a place, that even though the images look the same, tends to always fascinate me. A spaceship on the prairie in the middle of the city. …
It’s a journey to say the least. I spent a year with Krista documenting her fight. We began in 2011. She was looking for someone to do a portrait of her with her breast bare. As we began talking, she asked if I would be interested in documenting her double …
On Thursday September 25th I met my students at the Kauffman Center. I feel the place challenges them with light, color, line, and composition. On this evening the lights are covered with red gels. Made for an interesting color combination.
On Friday September 26th I treated myself to a Dr. John concert at Grinders. I was looking forward to it, as I missed him in NOLA back in April. He did not disappoint. A little slow on the walking, but the music went straight to my soul and brought back …
Family portraits of the Maurers before a night out. My nephew’s senior portrait. Such a handsome young man.
Every evening at dusk the whole of Austin and visitors from around the world come together on the river, coastline and on the South Congress Street bridge to watch the Mexico free-tail bat spectacle. I have been told this is largest cloud of bats in North America. It was fascinating.
I work with a woman, who, through all she does; maintains a great attitude about life. She brings in sunshine and along with that a little spice. OK, hot peppers.
My lovely neighbor Delores. She will stand here at the end of the evening with her dog barking at her side.
On Friday, August 8th my employer treated those of us who wanted to go, to the Balloon Fest. It was a perfect event to document our culture in action. I enjoyed documenting the parents with their children who were in amazed awe, excited with energy (probably from the sugar), and …
I had the great pleasure of hangin’ out with these great people and listening to Merry Quackenbush, Sonie Joi Ruffin, and Glenn North discuss key pieces of work telling the story of the Civil Rights movement in Kansas City. The discussion by Sonie and the poem by Glenn really tugged …