The Water Series employs
the figure and water as
symbols to represent and
explore the connections
and the strange separation
of the spiritual and the
physical.

Optically dynamic, water is
transparent, reflective and
refractive. It "mirrors" and
"lenses." In a sense we
don't actually "see" water.  
We see what water does to
what is in it, under it or
reflected by it. In nature
liquid water is always
moving and its motion
relative to the viewer and
the light dictates what it
does visually.

An initial concern was to
evoke natural settings
convincingly in the studio.
Along the way it was
learned that the geometry,
or shape of the surface of
the water was the most
critical aspect visually.  
This led to sets and
devices which allow the
creation of entirely
other-worldly visual
environments with wave
forms, splashes and fields
of lensing bubbles. There
are now over 100 images
in the Water Series.

All images are created in
the studio on large-format
film. There is no
manipulation, digital or
otherwise, after the initial
exposure: what is seen in
the print is what was
presented to the camera.