My early education in Photography was in Black and White. I developed the film and printed the images in a make-shift darkroom in my parent’s home. I loved the control I had over the images. Now, although it’s easy to capture vibrant color images, I still believe Black and White is a powerful medium. It shows texture and shape in a way color can’t. That’s why I use it.

The desert reveals its complexity in close observation—fractured rock, weathered bark, mineral streaks, and erosion lines shaped over centuries. This series examines the Sonoran landscape as abstraction: color, pattern, and form shaped by climate and time. Represented in part by ArtLifting, this work emphasizes environmental awareness through intimacy rather than spectacle