About Me

Father, Husband, Brother, Artist, Buddhist, Reader, Writer, Deadhead, Teetotaler, Loner, Dreamer…

Lots of labels, none sufficient, none deficient.

I returned to photography around 2009 after many years hopping around different career paths, frustrations, psychic costumes and anxieties. Photography let me express myself to myself in a different way. Over time my self-confidence grew, my courage grew, my in/sight grew and eventually I worked up the gumption to show a sample of my work to a gallery owner, looking for nothing more than honest feedback.

That step landed me my first exhibition. I knew nothing about how to put together a cohesive collection of images for a show, how to sequence or hang a show, how to “be” an artist. But I winged it, gritted my teeth and (after some not so gentle nudging) showed up at my own opening in February 2015. Since that night, I have shown my work across the country, been rewarded with accolades and with criticism but, most importantly, with a growing realization that this path fulfills me in ways I find hard to express on this page.

I’m grateful for all I’ve been given, I try not to take it for granted, and I will keep doing whatever I’m doing until I can’t any longer!

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~Michael

(2022)