Horses and Photography have always been part of my life.  I began to ride at the age of 6 and received my first Brownie camera from my Father at the age of 10. As a child I focused on my family and animals and as a teen I began to use blurred psychedelic images as backgrounds for fashion shows I put on while working retail. Everything changed once I got a SLR in 1972 and at the same time a darkroom.  I carried my darkroom along with me when I returned to live in Mexico and Guatemala and finally New Mexico. Moving full time back to Mexico in 1992 I left the darkroom behind and used transparencies until I finally switched to digital and never looked back. My digital darkroom uses the same principals but a whole lot more tools to be able to be more creative. I now use digital software and multiple layers to achieve the end result.

I have always continued my ongoing education in photography and in the early 1980’s I was fortunate to spend a week taking classes with Ansel Adams, Ruth Bernard and Lucian Clergue to name a few. I worked as an assistant to Lucian when he came to photograph in the Southwest of the United States.

For over twenty years I have largely dedicated my work to photographing horses, cowboys and charros. I have lived in Los Cabos, Mexico full time now for over 20 years while continuing to travel to Spain and Portugal, photographing horses.  I still ride a Spanish mare here in Los Cabos. My enthusiasm for horses and the people that care for them and photography has never waned.

Throughout the years, I have had a number of one woman shows both in Mexico and the United States as well as group shows.  My work can be found in Folger’s Gallery, Midland, Texas and in Pez Gordo Gallery in Los Cabos, Mexico.  I won the prestigious Guru Award from Photoshop World in Creative Photography 2022.

My art business has been designated as a "Trusted Art Seller" with The Art Storefronts Organization, which means you can shop with confidence, and know that I stand behind the quality and value of my products.

Inspiration

Photographers can be inspired by many things, but I am most inspired by gesture whether it is a person talking or an animal moving or reacting. Also the changing light, the extra ordinary in the ordinary and being open to what might happen is part of my process.  In my images I look for inspiration in the warmth and culture not defined by time.

Techniques

I search for the true essence of what I capture and communicate that to the viewer.  Photography is the passion that awakens me from my dreams and beckons me to distill the images to reveal their spirit. I have been using Nikon since 1972 and feel very comfortable with the equipment.  My work has evolved from purist Black and White images to non-manipulated transparencies and now I take my images from raw capture into the digital darkroom and imposing creative techniques using different software programs to create these digital art images.