This is Who I Am!

This is Who I Am!
life is so much more when you free your mind of the negative and deal with your positive

About Me

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, United States
I AM A NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER. I HOWEVER, ENJOY ALL SUBJECTS AND I MARVEL AT THE BEAUTY I FIND EACH DAY. I LIKE PEOPLE THAT ARE REAL AND I ENJOY PHOTOGRAPHING THE REALNESS I SEE IN PEOPLE, IT BLENDS WELL WITH THE NATURE OF THE LAND. I USE TO WORK IN A FAST PACED BUSINESS. I HAVE TURNED THE PAGE AND I NOW TRAVEL IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND NOW I MOVE SLOWLY AND ENJOY LIFE MORE.
Two passions that should be important to us are love and nature---you can be the answer to life or you can be the problem of life--choose love...choose nature and become the answer to life.







Tuesday, July 20, 2010

HERE AND NOW
SEPTEMBER 2009
TALL GRASS ART GALLERY
PARK FOREST ILLINOIS
GALLERY ARTIST EXHIBITION
CO CURATOR
GROUP SHOWING OF CURRENT WORKS

SOMETHING JAZZY
TALL GRASS ART GALLERY
PARK FOREST ILLINOIS
2010 INVITATIONAL
FEBRUARY 2010
CO CURATOR

UNION STREET GALLERY
CHICAGO HEIGHTS ILLINOIS
IMAGE ATTITUSE IMPRESSION
GROUP EXHIBITION
MARCH 2010

VOGT ART GALLERY
TINLEY PARK ILLINOIS
THINGS WITH WINGS
REGIONAL EXHIBITION
JUNE 2010

TALL GRASS ART GALLERY
PARK FOREST ILLINOIS
FABULOUSLY FOCUSED
GALLERY ARTIST EXHIBITION
JULY 9 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 19 2010

33 COLLECTIVE
ZHOU B ART CENTER
6TH ANNUAL NATIONAL SELF PORTRAIT
EXHIBITION
JULY 16 THROUGH AUGUST 13 2010
CHICAGO ILLINOIS

CREATIVE ARTIST ASSOCIATION
SOUTH SHORE CULTURAL CENTER
SUMMER SIZZLE
JULY 11 THROUGH AUGUST 13 2010
CHICAGO ILLINOIS

ON GOING GROUP COLLECTION
SALON GALLERY AND STUDIO
PARK FOREST ILLINOIS
WITH THESE HANDS

JULY 10 2009

CO CURATED THIS SHOW

A NEW INVITATIONAL

SCULPTURE COMPLIATION

Thursday, June 11, 2009

past exhibitions for 2008 and early 2009




NOVEMBER 2008


"MIRRORS AND MASKS" AN EXHIBITION OF ART WORK BY MEMBERS OF THE UNION STREET COLLABORATIVE ARTS GUILD.HELD AT THE DOROTHEA THIEL GALLERY, SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGE. SOUTH HOLLAND, ILLINOIS




DECEMBER 2008


"CHANGE" AN ART EXHIBITION FEATURING ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING ARTIST. GROUP EXHIBITION WITH THE CREATIVE ARTIST ASSOCIATION AT SOUTH SHORE CULTURAL CENTER. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS




"12 X 12" A JURIED EXHIBITION OF ARTIST FROM ILLINOIS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WORKING IN SMALL SCALE FORMAT. THE ART CENTER, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS.




"HALLELUIA" REGIONAL ART EXHIBITION. UNION STREET GALLERY--CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS.




JANUARY 2009


"WINTER SOLSTICE" GALLERY ARTIST EXHIBITION. TALLGRASS ARTS ASSOCIATION. PARK FOREST, ILLINOIS.




MARCH 2009


SALON GALLERY ARTIST SHOW. PRESENTED BY THE ART BARN SCHOOL OF ART. VALPARAISO, INDIANA.




APRIL 2009


12TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL OPEN. WOMAN MADE GALLERY. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS


WHAT WHAT

It's been an interesting year so far. Rainy days and Mondays don't get it with me. I am looking for summertime where creative juices flow. Imagine being on the beach sipping red wine and eating grapes chased with cheese and crackers, Jazz music playing around you and life is filled with love. What are you waiting for?

Monday, September 22, 2008

I KNOW YOU CAN SEE IT

EACH DAY I WAKE UP TO A GIFT
IT WELCOMES ME WITH A BLAST
OF COLOR AND A PROMISING LIGHT
OF DETERMINATION. IT HOLDS ME
IN A PROTECTING WARMTH. IT MAKES
ME SMILE AND IT REFLECTS CONTENTMENT.
IT IS OF ALL COLORS AND SHAPES AND SIZES. IT
MAKES ME GLAD THAT I AM HERE. I WANT TO SHARE
IT WITH YOU. LET YOUR EYES OPEN AND RECEIVE IT AS
IT IS.