Whenever I create something, I attempt to capture the moment using a distinct medium choice, either photography, digital illustrations or traditional drawing. My treatment of subject matter ranges from observation and abstract representation to a scene created in my mind. The themes of nature and wildlife are very important in my work.

When I make a photograph, I am very conscious of the relationship between positive and negative space as well as the subject matter. I search for abstract voids of space and frame them in a creative manner that might have been overlooked in a passing glance. This idea was also explored by the photographer, Brett Weston, by whom I’m influenced and I draw a great deal of inspiration. I extend this idea by adapting it to preserve the tactility of nature and wildlife. I give the viewer a balanced composition with positive and negative space but incorporate wildlife as the main focus instead of an abstract subject as Weston did.

Drawing is my second medium of choice. I work in traditional materials like graphite and charcoal, but I also make images using software and a digitizing tablet and pen. As in my photography, my drawings explore wildlife and natural themes. I like to create a daydream world where colors blend together in a vivid, impressionistic fashion in a style similar to the painter William Turner. The line surrounding these images, however, stays bold and sharp, creating a relationship between space and form greatly influenced by the American writer and comic artist Frank Miller. This technique creates a visual approach in my work that often blurs the boundary between what is from natural observation and what is imagined.

Recently I have begun to combine the two mediums into single compositions. I use the images captured by my camera as digital backdrops for my drawings. Using some creative imagination I work with both images until they appear to fit together as if the drawing had stepped out of its ground and posed for the photograph.