Disintegration Canvas Print

I rendered a capture of a leaf suspended in time and space as an abstract representation by liquefying colors and manipulating the form in the darkroom in my mind. The original image was taken in a central Iowa forest

Hello: I have been photographing nature and the natural world for the past 35 years. Being born and raised in Northern Minnesota, I was introduced to nature at a very early age. Some of my first memories are of walking with my dad or grandfather in the woods. Countless hours as a child and youth were spent hunting, fishing, and exploring in the vast wilderness I called home. I always preferred shooting with my camera over with a gun and started to develop my style and my “eye” early on. Photography has always been more than an interest or hobby to me. It is an essential part of who I am and a major way I express this to others. Although my training and degrees are in the field of counseling and psychology, photography has remained my first...