I live in Colorado at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. I do photography that shares the light that shines in the darkness. And I tell stories.
My stories are about real life; about thunderstorms that bring destruction—and the rain that ends drought. About the darkness that brings fear—and the light of dawn. About the cross that brought suffering—and boundless love and hope.
Stories help us understand our lives and answer questions like why is there pain, and where is the joy? The reason I write is to shed light on life’s journey. And the hope of my life is to reflect the light of His love into yours.
Art sheds light too. I do the photography I do because despite the brokenness of the world, hints of the beauty, the light that shines in the darkness that the darkness has not overcome, surround us. My artwork captures and shares that light.
I pray that by the art of my words and the stories my pictures tell that you see, feel, and live in a deeper appreciation of truth, beauty, and grace. They are all very real. And the greatest reality of all is that you were created to share and live in all of them.
Join me, because the journey is richer when traveled together.
Hopefully one day soon we’ll look back on all this and smile, remembering:
“Sometimes the lights all shinin’ on me,
Other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me,
What a long, strange trip it’s been.”
Long. Strange. And beautiful!
Thanks for visiting. You are welcome here…always!
I wrote my first story 61 years ago. It was 1965, I was 10 years old and in the 4th grade. It was called “The Magic Black Cloud.” In it I borrowed quite liberally from Gilligan’s Island, the Lost Continent, and Robinson Crusoe, which all shared adventurous themes about being stranded, deserted, and struggling to survive.
Interestingly enough, over the following 60 years, I often felt stranded, deserted, and struggled to survive; hence my real-world exploration of faith, reason, beauty, and the questions that shape our lives. Much of what I have discovered so far is presented both in the written word and my artwork in God Unshackled.
Life: Is it a thunderstorm that drowns, or the life-saving rain that washes away drought? Is the dark of night a terror, or the birth of dawn? Was it a horrific death on a cross, or the love-filled sacrificial death of one man that grants eternal life to all humankind?
Stories give meaning…
And for me, the story of my life matters most when it reflects the light of His Love and illuminates meaning in your life. That’s why I write.
More of my thoughts, my writing, will fill the section of this site I call “Musings.” Please, when you have a minute, join me there.
A symphony, a sculpture, a novel…a photograph; what makes them art is the story they tell. And best are the stories that touch our heart.
My photography, specializing in Rocky Mountain Wildflower Portraits, is inspired by “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” With a nod to Georgia O’Keeffe, I magnify the beauty of a single flower to fill the canvas—or, in my case, the aluminum.
Specializing in super-telephoto macro photography, I hike the pre-dawn darkness of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, where that perfect moment of sunrise and shadow is too fleeting for lengthy set-ups; my hand-held shots rely solely on natural light. Characterized by bold color immersed in the power-play of light and shadow, my work serves to remind us that despite the obvious brokenness of the world in which we live, hints of the beauty intended for all of Creation abound…if only we take the time to search them out.
