About the work

These images express my feelings and sensations.

I am an established scientist, an emerging visual artist, and a persistent wilderness journeyman.

I’m based in Albuquerque and Taos, New Mexico, USA.

In my experiments at the Z-machine laboratory, we heat atoms to million-degree temperatures to learn how atoms inside stars and around black holes interact with light.

The interplay of light in the natural world is fascinating and I’ve visited wild places thousands of times to immerse myself in it. Thirty years printing in the traditional darkroom honed a thoughtful, intuition-inspired approach to photography. The images I make today combine digital, analog, and hand-altering techniques, but the foundation is the same.

My artistic practice is simultaneously informed by scientific creative passions and the spirit of wonder that arises in nature.

Notable:

Authored more than 100 scientific articles

Elected Fellow, American Physical Society (2004)

American Physical Society John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research (2015)

Juried Exhibitions:

Carmel Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, California; International Juried Exhibition (2019)

Carmel Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, California; Members Juried Exhibition  (2021/online)

ASmith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas; Vistas; Gallery Directors Award (2021)

Carmel Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, California; International Juried Exhibition (2021/online)

Critical Mass top 200 selection (2022)

ABQ Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Share the Love (2022)

New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Black and White (2022)

PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont; Dreams and Imaginings (2022)

PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont; Life of Water (2022)

Obscura Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Still Beauty (2023)

PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont; Portals (2023)

New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Black and White (2023)

New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Small Works (2023)