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Statement of the Artist I was born and raised in the western United States. In the expanses of the Intermountain West and Basin and Range, I began to see and understand the landscape and my position within it, and to formulate my sensibilities as a photographer. For me, these places bear a presence that describes a subtle poetry of space, and a sublime beauty of light. Landscape for me is the complete description of place--the relationships of objects and events in the lay of the land, their presencing in space, and the relationship of all to horizon. With a description of place must also come a sense of place, a sense of meaning about place. Metaphor in landscape is the presentation of meaning through the descriptions of a poetry of place, position, and space, and our sense of where we dwell within it. These descriptions mirror our continuing awareness, and inform us about where we are in our world and mind. My work in photography is a meditation on place, and the realization of those ruminations in photography; I am interested in the moments when landscape can narrate a metaphor of mere presence. May all sentient beings benefit. |
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Publications The National Road, and Guide to The National Road Ed. Karl B Raitz. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996 Principal Photographer for this project |
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Exhibitions Solo Shows: Recent Work Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1991 Images of New Mexico: Silver Prints and Photogravures The Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario, Canada 1983 Charles Walters: Photographs Fort Lewis College, Fine Arts Gallery, Durango, Colorado 1981 Group Shows: Circle of Confusion Gallery of Contemporary Art University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 1999 Faculty Exhibition Coburn Gallery, Colorado College Colorado Springs 1999 Small Works Show UCCS Visual Arts Department Warehouse Gallery 1998 Color and Light Coburn Gallery, Colorado College. 1998 On Colorado: Five Photographers Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 1996 Creating the North American Landscape Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina 1996 At the Speed of Light Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1996 Artists as Teachers Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1995 A Contradiction in Terms: Unique Prints Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1994 Colorado Photographers 10 x 10 Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 1992 Magic Silver 1991 Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 1991 Four Points of View Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1990 The Landscape: Changing Perspectives Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 1988 Faculty Show Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1988 A Point of View: A Photographic Experience G.V.T. Gallery, Farmington, New Mexico 1985 The University of New Mexico Department of Art Traveling Show Seven Locations in the United States 1983 and 1984 Seven State Photo Regional 1983 ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1983 New Stuff The Hills Gallery, Denver, Colorado 1983 Flying Rocks, A Badlands Project ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1983 The Small Print Show The Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, Colorado 1983 Prints and Drawings from the University of New Mexico University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 1983 Images of Silver UMC Fine Arts Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 1983 |
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