At eight years old, I made my first pinhole camera and learned darkroom basics. I was hooked. By fifth grade I was doing science fair projects comparing different film types. At sixteen I took my first job working at a photo mat. And at seventeen did my first commercial gig photographing the Mayor's personal Christmas party. After high school, I immediately began my career working in commercial photography and film. At twenty-eight I began pursuing fine art photography full time.
My studio and the rest of my stuff reside in Kansas CIty, Missouri, where I can be found approximately six months of the year. The balance of the year my husband, Kyle, and I travel the country showing my work in cities from Salina to Sausalito, from Austin to Ann Arbor.
My art work can most often be seen in art fairs, a forum I love because it allows me to interact with a wide variety of people interested in art. It also creates an amazing community of artists where we have made some of our best friends.
My current work pushes beyond the basics of photography while echoing the traditional processes of tin-type and daguerreotype. Using a modern technique of Polaroid Emulsion Transfer, I combine my images with metal surfaces; aluminum and copper. There is a harmony of opposites created as the exact and precise discipline of photography gives way to intuition and chance. I define feminine imagery with a torch and place ethereal images on indelible metal. Unlike traditional photography no two pieces can every be identical.
My most recent copper work incorporates another visual layer by adding mathematical equations, creative writing from my childhood, and reading primers for a body of work titled "Reading, Writing and Arithmetic." This once again combines my love of education with the photography I have loved since childhood. To see my most recent work please come see me at a show.
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