LA Day #1 Photograph

I have been studying art since childhood. I have always been inspired by nature and the world around me. As a child living in Northern California, the forests and streams were my playground. I developed a love for the wild flowers and brambles that surrounded me. I would often take pictures of my subjects in nature to paint later. Even though my main passion is capturing nature in abstract and impressionist ways through oil paints and canvas, a love of photography has grown out of what was once just utilitarian.