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About

I am a fine art photographer specializing in images of the natural world. My creative life began on the historic family ranch in the Badlands of Western SD where I still reside. As a child, daily treks into the landscape on foot or by horseback fed my curiosity of nature. Raised in a creative and musical household I was encouraged to see the beauty of our surroundings and how that beauty can be transposed for the eye and the ear. Now, photography is my creative outgrowth of living in such a rich environment. I feel a kinship with the land, native plants and animals that make up this beautiful landscape. I have grown to appreciate the delicate patterns, bold contrasts and naturally occurring compositions found here. I strive to share the resulting images in hopes of inspiring others to see beauty, metaphor and meaning in nature.

Education: 

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  • Photography workshops including Moab Photo Symposium 

  • Photography lessons and workshops with selected professional photographers 

  • BLA – Landscape Architecture, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

  • BS – Animal Science and Agronomy, South Dakota State University,  Brookings, SD

Selected Exhibits and Happenings: 

 

  • Solo Exhibit, Perfect Hanging Gallery, Rapid City, SD, 2019

  • Permanent Collection purchase: Leaf, Yucca glauca, Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD, 2019

  • South Dakota Governor’s Biennial Art Exhibition, Selected South Dakota Galleries and Museums, 2018-2020 

  • Ripple Effect: Arts Night, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD. 2018

  • Unwrapped, juried exhibit, Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD, 2018            

  • Western Exposures III Exhibit, Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD, 2017 

  • Dahl Mountain Photo Competition and Exhibit, 2017

  • Represent: Arts Night, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD, 2017

  • Prairie Berry Winery Exhibit, Hill City, SD, 2017

  • Unwrapped, juried exhibit, Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD, 2017 

  • South Dakota Governor’s Biennial Art Exhibition, Selected South Dakota Galleries and Museums, 2016-2018

  • In the Making: Arts Night 2016, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD, 2016

  • Dahl Mountain Photo Competition and Exhibit, 2016

  • Dahl Mountain Photo Competition and Exhibit, 2015

  • South Dakota Governor’s Biennial Art Exhibition, Selected South Dakota Galleries and Museums, 2014-2016

  • Dahl Mountain Photo Competition and Exhibit, 2014

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