Fine Art nominee

Coming Into Focus

I create work that bridges the world of photography, prints and collage. Lately, I have been exploring the realm of one’s environmental surroundings, how it is absorbed into one’s psyche and how this changes through relocations.
In these days of refuges moving from their homelands to distant places, my move from the Midwest to the West may seem trivial, but there are still feelings of dislocation and assimilation that take place.

A new environment can bring both delight and a fear of the unknown. How does one grow into feeling at home? I’m striving to visually capture the essence of my new environment while at the same time learning to understand. Add to that a landscape (the American West) that is fraught with cliché, and I find myself aspiring to bring my new home into focus, to make it my own.

Awards
2022
SERIES WINNER in the Digital Manipulation and Collage category in the 19th Julia Margaret
Cameron Awards!!! For my series: Mid + West Dreaming
HONORABLE MENTION in the17th Black & White Spider Awards for my photo “Departure”
HONORABLE MENTION I am up for a re/focus award
2021
HONORABLE MENTION in the 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for women photographers
for my series "Mid+West; Dreaming"
7th ANNUAL FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS - Nominee in the Conceptual Category for
my series, "Mid+West"
14th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS - Nominee in the Fine Art Category for my
photo, "Caldera Dreaming"
TOP 40 IMAGES – Submitted to L.A./Photo Curator and N.Y./Photo Curator exhibitions in 2020
2020
HONORABLE MENTION – 2020 Chromatic Photo Awards for my piece “Gallup Lakeside”
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS, New Mexico State Committee chose me for
their "Artist Spotlight" for the month of February
HONORABLE MENTION - LifeFramer's NIGHT LIFE, my piece "Finale" was chosen by
conceptual photographer Todd Hido
2019
FIRST PLACE WINNER - 14th Pollux Award, Professional for my series "Mid+West"; Digital
Manipulation category
CRITICAL MASS 2019 FINALIST - Top 200 chosen.
12th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS - Honorable Mention in the Fine Art
Category