I was born and raised on a family farm in the Lonesome Prairie region of North Central Montana near Big Sandy.

In 1980 I graduated from Montana State University’s College of Art with emphasis on film and television production.  I spent five years as a sharecropper before I began buying into the family farm. In the meantime, I also began working as a commercial photographer, shooting weddings, portraits and other projects for hire.  Involvement at the Big Sandy Historical Museum spurred me to move away from commercial photography and instead focus on creating fine art images depicting the local area. 

The beauty North Central Montana has long been ignored in favor of Western Montana with its rivers, trees and mountains.  While the “other Montana” is certainly beautiful, the east side has a unique beauty all its own.  I work primarily within a 50-mile radius of Big Sandy, so my images are definitely local.  Influenced by the prairie landscape and the people, creatures, and objects that inhabit it, my  passion is to showcase the region through opinionated fine art photography.

I show my work at my gallery in beautiful downtown Big Sandy, and am a regular exhibitor at Russell Art week in Great Falls MT.