As a third generation artist and portrait photographer, I am driven by the power of creative images. How a photographer uses light to portray the image in front of them translates into their signature as a photographer. If you portray your subject well, others will see through your eyes. Photography gives voice to my experience and allows me a personal interpretation of the world. Spending decades with Indigenous peoples of the Inland and Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada has dramatically affected my attitude towards how and what I see. Through experiencing the diversity of peoples I learned to recognize shapes and colors within North America and my home in a very distinct and personal way. This began a life-long exploration of the variety of ways in which different cultures relate to each other and to this planet.