I have a deep love for photography. I focus on landscapes and seascapes, with a dash of street photography and portraiture thrown in for good measure. I consider myself self-taught, although I briefly studied photography at the New School for Social Research in NY, and the Worcester Art Museum School.
In the 60’s, while a young student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NY, I became immersed in the vibrant, and often decadent world of the Andy Warhol factory scene. I soon found myself mingling with celebrated artists in their studios, and at the parties of their patrons. Larry Rivers, John Chamberlain, Chuck Close, Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, Rene Ricard, and of course, Andy. Two photographers who mentored me were Steven Shore, the great street photographer, and Gerard Malanga, who meticulously chronicled this iconic era. The Italian photographer, Mario Annabelle taught me how to develop film and process photos in his dark room …Within the decade, after a stint off-Broadway, I found myself married with two children living in bucolic northeastern CT. How’s that for a 360?
My husband gave me a Pentax SLR for Christmas, and I built a darkroom. My baby daughter spent hours with me in her playpen in that dark room, just watching the magic as the images came to life.
Nantucket, a place from my childhood, is where we eventually settled in 1983, and I’ve been capturing images here ever since. What glorious place for an artist.
For me, photography is about finding magic in discovering extraordinary things within the ordinary, as if to see something that I have seen countless times, but for the first time.
I feel my images honor the beauty of light. The unique moments when light falls on the seascape or landscape, at that exact millisecond, never to be replicated, never again to be seen in exactly that same frame, capturing a moment in time, there’s no going back, it’s truly magical.
In capturing these moments, I hope to share the joy of rediscovery with others. Photography is not just about recording images, it’s observing the familiar, and inviting others to join me through my lens. Each image is an invitation to pause, reflect, and honor the luminous beauty that is everywhere, every day, just for the asking.
