I remember sneaking away with my Mother’s Brownie camera when I was very young. Life got busy, and I eventually pursued my photography career when my children left home, by going back to college. Much of my hand colored work is self-taught. I paint by hand onto the original print with watercolors and oils. I love to photograph areas of Colorado and the Southwest where I was born and raised, emphasizing the history of the area. Photographing the ghost towns and the old west brings that moment in time to life. 

Hand tinting of daguerreotypes was the first effort to create realism of color in the early 1840s. Hand coloring of photographs declined by the 1950s with wide access to color film. A revival of the process is being used by artist/photographers for the aesthetic value rather than the need for realism. 

Santa Fe Society of Artists west of the historic Santa Fe downtown plaza. 9AM to 5:30PM Sat and Sun.

2020 Schedule pending

Summer 2020: High Road Art Gallery

Truchas, NM (By appointment only)

Weekends September 21st through May 2020 at El Museo Culteral Santa Fe at the railyard district, Santa Fe.

 CURRENTLY WORKING FROM THE HOME STUDIO

New images are coming!!

I will be sending a monthly email with new pieces including limited edition prints with sizes available.

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