2023
It would seem that I am constantly reevaluating and adjusting my work, year after year. And that is absolutely true! I am not content to sit in one place for too long; even my sense of who I am as a person remains in flux as time goes by. Therefore, it is not surprising that throughout 2023, I expanded on my ordered world, trying new things like long exposure night photography or extractions of particular scenes. I went back to places long familiar to me, like my hometown in Pennsylvania and the beaches of the Outer Banks, taking new photos with an increased mastery of my tools. And I struggled to break free of my desire for validation, beginning my current project in the fall as an exercise in making art only for myself. Reflecting on the year, I am confident that I continued to move in the right direction--the choices I made during the year were the right ones!
Three Oaks, Michigan.
Three Oaks, Michigan.
Riverside Cemetery, Chicaming Township, MI.
Extraction - Warren Dunes State Park.
Warren Dunes State Park.
Extraction - Goshen, Indiana.
Night - Mishawaka, Indiana.
Extraction - Goshen, Indiana.
Parallel Street, South Bend, Indiana.
River Park, South Bend, Indiana.
River Park Theater, River Park, South Bend.
Extraction - Puppy Tubb, South Bend.
Grand Mere State Park, Michigan.
Extraction - Wilber Street, South Bend.
Sunset - Grand Mere State Park, MI.
Extraction - Ping Tom Memorial Park, Chicago.
Military Honor Park, South Bend, Indiana.
Oxian Brothers Rug & Carpet, South Bend.
Numidia, Pennsylvania.
Saint Paul's UCC Cemetery, Numidia, PA.
Birch Hill Cemetery, Shoey, PA.
Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Zion's Red Church Cemetery, Orwigsburg, PA.
Saint Ignatius Cemetery, Centralia, PA.
Flowery Field Cemetery, Outside Norwegian Township, PA.
Reading, Pennsylvania.
Saint Michael's Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA.
Lunch Break - Leeper Park, South Bend.
Lizzy Borton in their gallery at Harrigan Hall, Andrews University.
Tim's Parking Only - Niles, MI.
Oval Beach, Saugatuck, MI.
Saint Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, Indiana.
Saint Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, Indiana.
Saugatuck, Michigan.
South Haven, Michigan.
South Haven Lighthouse, South Haven, MI.
Lunch Break - Cleveland Road, South Bend.
Near Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka, IN.
Near Merrifield Park, Mishawaka, Indiana.
Untitled.
Fisherman's Haven, Berrien Springs, MI.
Sunset, Berrien Springs, MI.
Central Automotive, South Bend.
Miracle Revival Church, South Bend, Indiana.
West Colfax Avenue, Downtown South Bend.
Downtown Berrien Springs, MI.
Extraction - Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Before a Thunderstorm I, Laurel Lake Camp.
Before a Thunderstorm II, Laurel Lake Camp.
Before a Thunderstorm III, Laurel Lake Camp.
Beside M-139, South of Berrien Springs, MI.
Boys Village, Laurel Lake Camp.
Johnson Cemetery, Near Niles, MI.
Maritime Forest Near the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Outer Banks.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Buxton, NC.
Maritime Forest Near the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Outer Banks.
Spanish Moss, Hatteras Community Cemetery, NC.
Untitled.
Hatteras Community Cemetery, Hatteras, North Carolina.
Oregon Inlet, Outer Banks, North Carolina.
Haulover Day Use Area, Buxton, Outer Banks, NC.
Pea Island, North Carolina.
Waterfall Park, Rodanthe, North Carolina.
Rodanthe, Outer Banks, North Carolina.
Waterfall Park, Rodanthe, North Carolina.
Sea Foam Motel, Nags Head, North Carolina.
Nags Head, Outer Banks, North Carolina.
Sea Foam Motel, Nags Head, North Carolina.
Currituck Sound, North Carolina.
Extraction - Currituck Sound, North Carolina.
Edge of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina.
Ocracoke Ferry Terminal, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina.
Unnamed Cemeteries, Ocracoke, Outer Banks.
Silver Lake, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina.
BK Root Beer Drive In, Mishawaka, Indiana.
Mr Fresh, West Jefferson Blvd, Mishawaka, Indiana.
Mishawaka City Cemetery, Mishawaka, Indiana.