How I came to be an artist ...

Although I have actively incorporated various forms of art from music to welding into my life since I was a child, I resisted the urge to seriously create art until 2003. Prior to my metamorphosis, I spent seven years working as an attorney in Nashville, Tennessee, practicing commercial bankruptcy and litigation. Despite many years and the equivalent of several small mortgages invested in that profession, I realized that it did not satisfy my inherent need to be creative. In January 2003, I terminated my legal practice and embarked on a tremendous adventure with my dream of uniting photography with my passion for travel.

I spent the first three months of my liberty in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, studying Spanish, beautiful light and the art of making margaritas. Upon my return to the United States, I spent the summer in Missoula, Montana at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography (RMSP). There, I participated in an intensive course in photography that compressed into three months the rigorous study of advanced photography, black & white darkroom, outdoor photography, studio lighting, photojournalism and digital processing, among other topics. While at RMSP, I discovered a passion for creating fine art photography. After graduating from RMSP, I returned to my hometown of Paducah, Kentucky where I joined the Artist Relocation Program. In addition to traveling around the country participating in fine arts shows, I spent 2004 renovating an 1888 Victorian house which is now home to the Angled Art Gallery which I opened in January of 2005s.