Recent Exhibitions & Awards

2022. PACC, Palo Alto, CA - Selected Awards

• Yellow (1st Place, Image of the Month, Creative, Digital, Judge: Diane Pierce)
• Walk Along the Beach (1st Place, Open, Digital, Judge: Becky Jaffe)
• RipTide (3rd Place, Open, Print, Judge: Gyula Rusinczky)

2021. Rinconada Library Exhibit: Peninsula Moments, Palo Alto, CA (October 2021)

• The Surfer, Bedwell Bayfront Park

2021. PACC, Palo Alto, CA - Selected Awards

• Day at the Beach (1st Place, Sea, Digital, Judge: Don Feria)
• Into The Mystic (3rd Place, Open, Digital, Judge: Ben Long)
• Palms & Vines (HM Flora, Annual, Digital, Judge: John Priola)
• Salt Flats (AMA Entry, Natural Landscape, Print, Judge: Victoria Heilweil)
• The Skateboarder - Olympics Dreams (3rd Place, Open, Digital, Judge: Deborah Loeb Bohren)
• Salt Flat Angles (3rd Place, Special, Digital, Judge: Dan Katzman)

2020. Community School of Music & Arts (CSMA), Finn Center, Mountain View, CA (March 2- June 9, 2020)

• Storm Clouds Over Yosemite, Hanging in the Hammock

2020. Loews Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia. (March 6-8, 2020)

• Fantastic Voyage

2019. Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA. (September 5 - October 6, 2019)

• Lavender Fields, Autumn in Yosemite, Sunset at Zabriskie Point, & Colorful Light

2019. Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA. (May 21 - June 23, 2019)

• Fantastic Voyage & What’s Inside

Award Winning Photos From PACC, Palo Alto, CA 2021-2022

YELLOW

This drone image was taken at sunset, over the Slat Flats in Menlo Park. It is part of a larger abstract series of arial images taken of the Bay Area Salt Flats over the last 2 years. 

I was especially drawn to the texture, colors, and flow. I am inspired by the mystery of the image-- it isn't immediately clear to the viewer if the image is a macro taken up close or from very far. 

My inspiration in this image is the summer sunset, and I like how the image could also be a representation of snow capped mountains, and a yellow sky. I feel a nice sense of calm when I look at the image, and the curved shapes, and I hope the viewer does as well. 

Selected Works From Recent Exhibitions

"Fantastic Voyage" was created during a warm Summer's sunset at the Place de La Bourse in Southern France. It shows a young boy riding his scooter in the palace's reflecting pool. It was taken with a wide angle lens to show the expanse of the 18th century palace and taken with a fast shutter speed to freeze the moment and capture the splashes of water. It is an image of symbols and moments: old and new. It evokes the vibrance and energy of youth at the forefront juxtaposed along side the classical French architectural art of the 18th century in the background.

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