I Can Look At A Fine Art

It Is Increasingly Clear To Me That My Art Relates More And More To A Sublimation Of My Closeness To The Natural World, It's Events, Light Itself, And The Positive It Is A Personal Expression Based On Observation And Reaction, That I Am Not Able To Define Except In Terms Of The Work Itself.

Emphasis On Technique Is Justified Only So Far As It Will Simplify And Clarify The Statement Of The Photographer's Concept.

The Whole World Is, To Me, Very Much "alive" - All The Little Growing Things, Even The Rocks. I Can't Look At A Swell Bit Of Grass And Earth, For Instance, Without Feeling The Essential Life - The Things Going On - Within Them. The Same Goes For A Mountain, Or A Bit Of The Ocean, Or A Magnificent Piece Of Old Wood.

In My Mind's Eye, I Visualize How A Particular... Sight And Feeling Will Appear On A Print. If It Excites Me, There Is A Good Chance It Will Make A Good Photograph. It Is An Intuitive Sense, An Ability That Comes From A Lot Of Practice.

I Know The Importance Of Highly Trained Awareness Of The “moment” And The Immediate And Intuitive Response Of The Photographer. It Should Be Obvious To All That Photographers Whose Images Possess Character And Quality Have Attained Them Only By Continued Practice And Total Dedication To The Medium.