I love the wilderness, but I generally dislike photography of wilderness.  Such images often embrace a Disneyesque phantasy of self-deception eluding nature’s/life’s often harsh realities.  This poses certain difficulties when choosing to encapsulate an experience of natural beauty. My own need as an artist is to push boundaries, in order to maintain personal integrity and have a valid expression.

With a need to experience beauty, I also carry with me the knowledge that we live in a delicate and threatened environment.  These works hold something of an apprehension. In making photographs I have to work quickly to secure an image.

When using infrared film I can’t previsualize very much, it’s something of a guess, holding a surprise. With the computer l can create more of a heightened realism. Paradoxically, the images are nostalgic and apprehensive holding a symbolic beauty and a metaphorical escapism.