PATTERNS AND TONES

I have written my first book! A children's book at that. "The Dolls Adventures in England" is truly a labor of love and encapsulates everything I love in a book for children: simple objects that find themselves in funny, very human predicaments. The objects in this case happen to be a sphere and a cone covered in sparkly paint with pin heads for eyes. The simplicity of the objects allows the viewer to project their human characteristics upon them. Much like a dancing vegetable or a laughing teapot, I'm a sucker for inanimate objects having adventures in a real environment. It's no accident that I named my daughter Edith. One of my favorite books as a child was called  "Edith and Little Bear Lend a Hand"  written and photographed by the amazing  Dare Wright . Ms. Wrights' incredible series of photographic books on a doll named Edith and her friends, Mr. Bear and Little Bear, set my imagination on fire. I sometimes wonder if I was d...

"Toyland" was a labor of love that I conceived, photographed, produced and directed a crew of over 15 people to create a visual tale that I had inside of me. Based on Dolls and Magic, "Toyland" grew from a desire to recreate an adult version of my childhood memories. This selection of photographs from this series focuses on "Dolls in Toyland". Conceptually, I see these as 40 x 30" framed prints hanging in an adult play room. Their colorful backdrops and costumes popping out at you like the Jack-in-the-box being wound up by a toy Doll, are a perfect foil in a toy room just for adults! Dolls certainly played a major roll in my own childhood. My artwork has been visually influenced by other Artist's representation of them in the form of paper dolls, dolls coming to life in the movies and in stop animation, and reading about their adventures in the pages of a book. Anthropomorphic, dolls allow us to reflect on the human condition in endless w...