(now demolished)
Photograph by Satch
I aspire to discover and reveal the spiritual essence and truth of my environment. For me, photography is a vital element of life; it is esoteric and abstract, yet temporal and existent.
Anything at any time can be subject matter. Often I make images as a reaction to the environment in which I find myself or to something that I observe by looking beyond the obvious characteristics and form of a subject, either instantly or over a period of time.
Studio: Carmel, Indiana
Author of the book and research for the exhibition at the Indiana State Museum,
Style, Elegance and Wit: Rediscovering the Art and Life of James Spencer Russell
Cameras:
Holga
Holga Panorama Pinhole
Diana+
Polaroid 420
Leicaflex SL
iPhone
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Favorite quote about photography:
“Concern yourself not with the question whether the medium, photography, is art. The question is dated and absurd to begin with. You are art or not; whatever you produce is or isn’t. And don’t think about that either, just do, act.”
Walker Evans (1903-1975)
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Select Exhibitions (from 2009)
Clowes Hall Grand Lobby
Butler University
Indianapolis, Indiana
June 1 – August 3, 2009
Online Gallery
Singular Images
Midland Arts and Antiques Market
Indianapolis, Indiana
October 2 – November 30, 2009
Online Gallery
The Spirit of Place: Northern New Mexico (Archive Project)
Midland Arts Carmel
Carmel, Indiana
September 26 – November 30, 2009
Online Gallery
Variations – Group Show
Bona Thompson Memorial Center
Indianapolis, Indiana
March 31 – May 16, 2010
Online Gallery
Featured Artist
The Kellar Mahaney Gallery
Zionsville, Indiana
June 21 – September 12, 2010
Indiana Small Towns Project
Harrison Center for the Arts!
Indianapolis, Indiana
January 3 – 31, 2011
Online Gallery
The Sign Show – Group Show
Harrison Center for the Arts!
Indianapolis, Indiana
January 3 – 31, 2011
Social Currency – Group Show
Collaboration with Satch
StutzArtSpace
Indianapolis, Indiana
March 4 – 25, 2011
2 Photographers Works In Progress
With Mike Stroup
Midland Arts and Antiques Market
Indianapolis, Indiana
December 31, 2011 – February 7, 2012
Instant Love – Group Show
An International Exhibition of
Polaroid Photography
Mad Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
January 12 – February 9, 2012
Online Magazine of the Exhibition
Arch At Chatham – Group Show
Inaugural Exhibition
Indianapolis, Indiana
March 2, 2012
Mad Collab Show – Group Show
Collaboration with Satch
3040 Indie
Indianapolis, Indiana
April 21, 2012
Henry’s on East Coffee Bistro
Satch’s Annual Show
June 2012
Southeastern Indiana Art Guild – Group Show
Regional Art Exhibition
Aurora, Indiana
August 2 – 10, 2013
In Our Own Back Yard – Group Show
Diane Tesler’s Art SpaceKewanna, Indiana
October 24 – 25, 2015
Indiana Small Towns
Circle City Industrial Complex
Indianapolis, Indiana
December 4, 2015
A Little Exhibition of Small Photographs
Satch Lost and Found Art Studio
Indianapolis, Indiana
September 2014 – January, 2015
Singular Studies
Satch Lost and Found Art Studio
Indianapolis, Indiana
January, 2017
Elemental
Satch Art Space
Indianapolis, Indiana
December, 2018
Transcendent Presence
Satch Art Space
Indianapolis, Indiana
August and September, 2019
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