January 2024 Newsletter

The facade and foundation of an abandoned church in rural Oklahoma.

January 2024 Newsletter Parthenon of the Prairie Welcome to 2024 everyone. I hope that you all had a chance to spend some time with friends and family over the past couple weeks and that your batteries are recharged for the coming year. I want to thank all the people who came out to the December […]

November 2023 Newsletter

Statuary of three figures, one holding a star aloft while another juggles a ball, a quadrangle and a box.

November 2023 Newsletter – The Audacity of Artists I ran across an interview with the Folk/Americana duo, The Milk Carton Kids, on Folk Alley’s “Why We Write” podcast series with Kim Ruehl. They are Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan and I find them to be thought provoking and insightful, just two guys commenting on the […]

August 2023 Newsletter

August 2023 Newsletter I want to talk about the Paseo Photofest. This juried competition takes place at the Paseo Arts and Creativity Center, the blue building on the southeast corner of Paseo Drive and NW 30th St every September. This year’s jurist is Mark Zimmerman, an Associate Professor at University of Central Oklahoma in Mass […]

July 2023 Newsletter

light on a forest floor highlights a cactus and rotted log

July 2023 Newsletter Why in the world do I still shoot film? In this issue, I want to talk about why, in this digital age, I continue to work with film and darkroom printing. Lets start with the end in mind: My goal is to create a piece of art that can be displayed and […]