The effect of the computer upon the practice of photography is one which continues to influence the way I see and process images. A century and a half ago, painting, then the dominate means of visually capturing history was shocked by the advent of photography. Over time, the camera replaced painting as a societal tool for visual recording. Today, the computer is to photography, what photography was to painting.

Each of my images begin with traditional photographic techniques. Here I must stress, that photography is the abstract of my work: the root and stem on which the flower depends. After choosing and developing an image, I alter and enhance it.

Rather then be shocked or opposed to new technologies, as some painters were those hundred and fifty years ago, I choose to embrace the computer and use it to create unique art that blurs the lines between reality and memory.

Although I use the computer everyday, and have for many years, each time I complete a project I am enraptured by the infinite and unbiased possibilities for creation. I am a photographer. This work, all of my work, has photographic beginnings at its base. What we see at any moment is only as real as we want to believe.