Photograms, ink textures, readable text and ancient symbols dance through the photographic images I create and assemble — either in my darkroom on the easel, or with incandescent pixels on a monitor screen. The imagery in these artworks comes from dreams, life experiences, and collaborations with other artists who pose for my camera, or childhood toys, books, lent images and found objects I weave together.

The artworks I call Photographic Assemblages were first created when I began experimenting with combining personal writing with photographic imagery. I first wrote on the presentation mat, then on the negative, and then finally began to sandwich text selections with negatives in the darkroom for a more flexible approach to combining words and pictures. The process has transformed into intricate darkroom constructions, built both in my negative holder and on my enlarging easel. On the screen, it entails many layers of texture, tone, imagery, and iconography.

The fiber-based black and white prints, created in editions of three, are archival prints that are mounted and hand-colored with customized oil tints. Each image is slightly different in exposure, treatment and finishing. The images printed on fine papers with archival inks are often embellished with encaustic, shimmering paints or tactile pencil techniques.

These artworks are exhibited throughout the Midwest and on the west coast. Clients in the commercial arts have commissioned artworks incorporating the techniques I've developed, for advertising and promotions applications. Some of these fine art images are available for purchase for display, or licensing for reproduction, and images in this style can be created as unique visual solutions for art or commerce.