Not in any order:
Beatles, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Queen, Bob Marley, Enya and Jimmy Buffett.

Atlas Shrugged, Be Here Now, Kim. I do a lot of technical reading, but not much for recreation - a trend that needs reversing.

Not in any order:
Blazing Saddles, Pulp Fiction, Casablanca, Hudson Hawk, Out of Africa, Shakespeare in Love, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Always, Weekend at Bernie's, Caddyshack, The Parent Trap (either one), the Thomas Crown Affair (Pierce Brosnan). That should be a nice selection.

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I am an artist with a camera and as such, I am typically categorized as a photographer, which I am not; I am an artist with a camera. A photograph records a scene, an action, a moment of time. But, what does it say about the mood, feelings, hopes and desires of the person creating it? What does it say about the nature of the subject?

Color and contrast, of all kinds, are found under the Florida sun where the magic of a thousand shades of green are anywhere you look and are matched only by the ten thousand shades of blue in the sky above and the sea all around. Florida is all about color; deep, poly-saturated, vibrant, glowing, shouting color and I am inspired by their brilliance.

Form, structure and saturated colors reign supreme in my work and detail that detracts from those values is summarily reduced or eliminated. I work in a transitional style of Impressionism being semi-abstract to abstract in nature. The work begins in the camera and extends into the electronic darkroom where I manipulate the photograph to conform to my vision. Although my formal training is in film and chemistry, I create my images exclusively with a digital camera and use Photoshop, among many other techniques, to ‘develop’ both original and reproduction giclée works.

Original giclée works are those which are the only piece in existence. They are printed on velvet fine art paper with archival ink, then mounted on matting with artist tape and finally backed with a foam core board before being sealed in a plastic bag. After I confirm the quality of the print, I personally sign the giclée artwork and destroy the original negative and all production copies. All materials are acid free and the projected life expectancy of the giclée artwork is well in excess of 100 years when recommended display procedures are followed.

Reproductions are prints which are one of several created from a single negative. The only physical difference between these and original works is that I print them on a (typically) luster photographic paper and I number them as to their position in the production run, such as 1 of 50.

the Florida Keys; Cafe con lache with the muse; Hot, sweltering tropical nights in a hammock under the ceiling fan; that ah ha moment of discovery; different places.

Bolivious people, Meanderthals, litter,

Flying, sailing