About the Artist

In photography, I have found my true calling, because I enjoy making images. I love gardens and feel at home among roses, daisies and sunflowers. Similarly, I love spending time with my pets and delight in watching their ever-playful antics. Occasionally, I go to a friend's farm and spend hours photographing chickens, ducks, geese, sheep, horses and other barnyard critters. It's so much fun trying to capture the essence of a rooster or goat or bunny rabbit!

Phyllis and Suzy

Ever since I was a child, I've taken photos. First with my Brownie Camera, followed by a Kodak Instamatic, and then with a Nikkomat 35-millimeter single lens reflex. Now, I use a digital camera and love the clarity, depth, color and detail it offers. My favorite subjects are flowers, nature and animals. My own
pets make excellent models--and Suzy, my Sheltie, actually loves posing
for the camera.

Over the past fifteen years, my work as a career counselor has led me on a personal path of change and transformation. With a Master of Fine Arts from UCLA and a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan, I enjoy careers in visual as well as interpersonal arts. Plus, I believe a wellspring of inspiration and creativity comes from my daily practice of mindfulness meditation and living in the moment.

All of my photographs are taken with presence of mind and heart. Each image is designed to evoke beauty, grace and light-hearted fun with animals and nature. My work symbolizes my outlook on life and, hopefully, will inspire you to feel more joy, hope and beauty in yours as well.