"Photographs are a way of imprisoning reality… One can’t possess reality, one can possess images–one can’t possess the present but one can possess the past." - Susan Sontag

Art and Design Portfolio

My earliest memories involve making things. As a child I was frantic storyteller, with an urge to show my thoughts and ideas; that passion to create pushed me through school. When it was time to go to college, I was not sure what profession I should go into, but I knew I was an artist and I found a place in fine art, specifically traditional darkroom photography. I earned my BFA with a double major in Art and English in 2002, then I went on to earn my MFA in Art in 2005, with a focus in photography and digital media. Below are selected works from 2002 to 2005 during this time. After graduating, I worked as a graphic designer for many years. One of my responsiblities as a teacher at Ube High School was to create materials for the SGH program, and I have included a small portfolio featuring some of those works below as well. The works displayed here are organized in chronological order, from most recent at the top, to the oldest works at the bottom.

Artist Statement Click HERE
Read my MFA Thesis Fine Art Play Click HERE (PDF copy)

Ube High School SGH Design Portfolio (Selected Works 2014-2019)

2014-2019, Color prints, various sizes
Scroll through the portfolio in the embedded window below, or Click HERE to view (PDF version)
These designs were used to produce materials for the SGH Program at Ube High School in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Re-Seeing the World, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, 2017

徳之島の訪客 (Tokunoshima Visitor series) 2012

2012, Digital-C prints, 24" x 30" (images are horizontal and vertical)
Solo exhibition, Okinawa, JAPAN.

Fine Art Play (series) 2005

2005, Cibachrome prints, 24" x 20"
Fine Art Play, Valade Gallery, Adrian College, 2011.
Fine Art Play, St. Claude Gallery, University of New Orleans, 2005.
Images can be viewed in more detail, Click HERE

World Conquest Game 2004

E Theory: The Perfect Male (series) 2004

2004, Silver gelatin prints, 10" x 12"
Large format (8x10) contact prints

Alt/ering the Negative, New Orleans, LA, 2004

Barriers (series) 2004

2004, Silver gelatin prints (selenium toning), 14" x 9"
Large format (8x10) contact prints

Memory Memorial (series) 2003

2003, Silver gelatin prints, 16" x 20" (Four Triptychs)

Film, photograms, positive to negative transfer

Untitled Landscapes (series) 2003

2003, Silver gelatin prints (sepia toning), 6" x 5"
Large format (4x5) contact prints

Eden, Reclaimed (series) 2002

2002, Silver gelatin prints (sepia toning), 16" x 20" (images are horizontal and vertical)

A Foundation for a New Paradise (series) 2002

2002, Silver gelatin prints (sepia toning), 16" x 20" (images are horizontal and vertical)