Initially, the oyster mushroom captured my imagination and I have since added other wild varieties as subject material. My creative vision uses their bizarre and varied shape, alien textures, and intricate detail combined with composition and lighting to present crisp images with a dose of abstraction. Abstraction makes them unique and opens them to multiple interpretations depending on the viewer’s imagination to use their personal memories and life experiences to build content.

While it has been said that my mushroom images are reminiscent of Weston’s “Bell Pepper” series. I continue to develop my own artistic approach with subjects selected based on what speaks to me emotionally.