After 30+ years as an Information Technology professional, educator, and non-profit Board member, I started my second career as a nature photographer in 2021.

My work is inspired by my training as a Texas Master Naturalist, a passion for the natural world, and by Rachel Carson’s book The Sense of Wonder. A sense of wonder, she wrote:

 “…so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantments of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things that are artificial, the alienation from the sources of our strength”

 My photography explores my own sense of wonder and hopefully  can inspire others to find and nurture their sense of wonder as well.

Solo Exhibitions

• Avian Apparitions, Quimby Library at Southwestern College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Fall 2023

Curated Exhibitions

• Recovering the Lost Words, Westcave Preserve, December 2024

• Wildlife Amidst the Wildflowers, Old Bakery and Emporium, City of Austin, January 2025

Group Exhibitions/Awards

• Midwest Center for Photography, Portfolio Platform, 2024-2025

• New York Center For Photographic Arts (NYC4PA), Wandering Curves, September 2024

• Gallery By The Lake, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Bird Photography Exhibition, September 2024

• Hill Country Photography Club, Naturescapes, September 2024

• PhotoPlace Gallery, Light and Shadow, August 2024

• Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Nature, August 2024

• Midwest Center for Photography, Flowerage, July 2024

• Thin Line Fest, April 2024

• Midwest Center for Photography, Juried Exhibition, April 2024

• Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Monochrome, March 2024

• Upstream Gallery, Ordinary and Extraordinary, February 2024

• Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Landscape, January 2024

• Chateau Gallery, The Abstract Image, January 2024

• Art Square NY, Open, December 2023

• Share the View Photo Contest, Top 250, December 2023

• Praxis Gallery, Motion < Blur, November 2023

• Dabster Arts Si Gallery, Hats Off, November 2023

• Chateau Gallery, Themeless - The Captured Image, October 2023

• Gallery By The Lake, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Bird Photography Exhibition, September 2023, Third Place Open Category

• Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Nature, September 2023

• Image City Gallery, Photographer’s Journey 2023, August 2023

• Texas Parks and Wildlife Aquatic Wildlife, First Place, 2023

• Art Square NY, Blur Impressions, July 2023

• Midwest Center for Photography, Plant Life, May 2023

• Thin Line Fest, April 2023

• Marin Society of Artists, Exposed 2023, March 2023

• Image City Gallery, Black and White Invitational, January 2023, Gallery Picks of the Show

• PhotoPlace Gallery, Portals: Windows, Mirrors, and Doors, January 2023

• Praxis Gallery, Motion Blur, December 2022

• PhotoPlace Gallery, Monochrome, October 2022

• Dabster Arts Si Gallery, Texas Photo Rodeo, October 2022

• Gallery By The Lake, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Bird Photography Exhibition, September 2022, Honorable Mention

• Praxis Gallery, The Shape of Things, September 2022

• Image City Gallery, Photographers’ Journey 2022, August 2022

• Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Art That Matters To The Planet, August 2022

• ASmith Gallery, Animalia, July 2022

• Praxis Gallery, Animal Beings, July 2022, Honorable Mention

• KSpace Contemporary Gallery, Third Coast Biennial, July 2022

• Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, 2022 International Competition, June 2022, Third Place Abstracts Category

• Chateau  Gallery, The Captured Image June 2022

• Dallas Center for Photography, Landscape, May 2022

• Marin Society of Artists, Exposed 2022, March 2022

• Blackbox Gallery, Shadow and Light, March 2022

• Red Bluff Gallery, Flora and Fauna, February 2022

• Dallas Center for Photography, In Motion, February 2022

• Decode Gallery, In  Color, January 2022

Publications, Articles, Presentations

• Texas Master Naturalist State Conference, How to Be a Photonaturalist, October 2024

• Texas Photography Festival, Featured Speaker: Picturing the Lost Words, Reconnecting with Nature, March 2024

• Texas Master Naturalist State Conference, Expressive Bird Photography, October 2023

• Texas Master Naturalist State Conference, Digital Camera Trapping, iNaturalist and Class Connections, October 2023

• Travis Audubon Murmurations, Purple Martin Hosts, August 2023

• Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Evolution and Inspiration of a Nature Photographer, February 2023

• North American Nature Photography Association, NANPA Expressions 2022

• North American Nature Photography Article, Lost Words: Conversation is Key to Conservation

• Travis Audubon Murmurations, Starling Confessions, September 2020

• Travis Audubon Murmurations, The Lost Birds, June 2020

Books

• Picturing The Lost Words, self-published on Blurb

Nature and Conservation Experience

In addition to connecting people with nature through my photography, I am committed to helping others experience nature’s gifts through activities with conservation organizations as well.

• Texas Master Naturalist

  • Training Co-Director for Capital Area Master Naturalists

  • Project Coordinator for Digital Camera Trap Project at City of Austin’s Vireo Preserve

• Bull Creek Foundation – President

  • Interpretive hikes, Digital Photography classes for Girl Scouts, water quality testing, invasive species management, outreach, and fundraising

• North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) Conservation Committee Chair

• Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, Learning Stations Volunteer - Teaching elementary school children about plants, habitat, rocks, and other nature topics

• Westcave Preserve - Grotto Tour Guide

• Travis Audubon - Field Trip Committee and Purple Martin Committees; Golden Cheek Warbler and Loggerhead Shrike surveys

• Member of Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, Audubon Society, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Travis Audubon, North American Nature Photography Association