Photography is one of my passions and has been since I bought my first camera at 17 years old. I am a self-taught artist who enjoys making fine art photography of nature, landscapes, flowers, still life, sunset, sunrise, and wildlife. I am inspired by the impressionist art era and some of my favorite artists are Claude Monet, Vermeer, Edgar Degas, John Singer Sargent, J.Alden Weir, Edmund Charles Tarbell, (Robert) Julian Onderdonk, William Merritt Chase, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir among others. As a mother, I enjoy incorporating my school-age children into my photography...more