For over 30 years I have pursued the fine art monochrome print.  I was inspired primarily by the "West Coast" photographers, especially Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and Wynn Bullock.  It was Ansel's work and teachings that got me started in pursuing fine art photography.  Soon afterward, I discovered the writings of Fred Picker, whom I consider to be my greatest teacher in learning the techniques and craft of producing fine art black and white photographic images. 

In 1997 I had an exhibit of 45 prints at the Longmont (Colorado) Museum titled The American Landscape.  I have been accepted in juried exhibits in Washington, D.C. and Denver galleries, plus my work has been exhibited in galleries in Longmont, Loveland, and Greeley, Colorado and in Jackson, Wyoming.  I am a current exhibitor at Doug's Hang Up in Greeley and I am a member artist at the Muse Gallery in Longmont.  I have been a guest lecturer on my photography in a class at Georgetown University.  In addition, I have won numerous awards in the Northern Virginia, Denver, and Loveland Photographic Societies.

In early 2009, I transitioned from film to digital photography.  I am very excited about this new technology, now matured, which offers many advantages over film photography.  I am currently using the 21 megapixel Canon 5D Mark II camera, combined with Canon "L" lenses, which provide all of the detail and resolution of my 4X5 cameras.  Photoshop CS5 provides me the capability to control tones and local contrasts to a degree that I could never achieve in the darkroom. 

I am retired from my position as an audit program director with the Department of Defense Inspector General, and I live in Loveland, Colorado.