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    If we in the modern world have some kind of primal landscape to which we are instinctively drawn, the vestige of some distant “old country” long since left behind, then mine encompasses water. My fascination dates back to childhood experiences of exploring, swimming, and sailing, and extends to countless water-borne adventures since, including a lifetime spent on the edge of Lake Ontario. Through these experiences, I have become drawn to the movement of water and how the world can be transformed and abstracted in its reflections. 

    Water is an ambiguous element constantly morphing into myriad forms both solid and transparent. I am interested in portraying water as a mirror-like object that can become the very object it reflects. For example, by photographing under water looking up at the surface, I discover exploding galaxies in outer space, or sparkling mountain ranges seen from the air. These images can be dizzying, as it is unclear whether they are aerial views or storm clouds in the sky.  

     I capture magical scenes that border on the spiritual, the transformative, or the mysterious. These small environments portray one impression yet hint at others beneath the surface, so that viewing the image is a journey of discovery where hidden treats lay camouflaged beneath overlaid strata of colour. The images become elusive, like fragile dreams submerging and emerging from watery streams of the subconscious. I am fascinated by water as metaphor – a repository for dreams and fears, desire for meaning, and the pursuit of beauty. Water is a substance at once suffocating and beautiful, sustaining and destructive.