“My photographs show nature close up: abstracts of natural designs, portraits of flowers and wildlife, the many forms of water, and intimate landscapes. I’m a naturalist; photography goes hand-in-hand with my interest in nature. In recent years, many of my photographs have been abstracts of natural things that emphasize simple or repeating shapes and forms. One ongoing project of mine is photography of ice and ice crystals. The ice that forms on the top of winter streams can have extraordinary flowing or geometric shapes. Frost crystals, seen at high magnification, take a variety of shapes: pipes, hexagonal plates, and fern-like forms. Images of ice can range from rhythmic monochrome abstractions to crystalline decorations of leaves and flowers.”