At the County Fair Acrylic Print

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I first took this photo in 2014 and actually removed it from FAA after a year. This year when I visited the County Fair, I walked the Midway while it was opened for the first time in years. I was surprised at the lack of "kiddie" rides. This framed print has sit in my studio for years, and I decided that I wanted to publish it again. Teacups may not be the rage at Midways anymore, but I wanted to pay tribute to this timeless ride!

Howard County Fair, circa 2014, West Friendship, Maryland

My focus has always been on the natural world and its beauty whether it be a dragonfly, flower, frog, or tree bark. When viewing our world, I look at how people and architectural structures fit into it now and in the past. Do they coexist with their natural surroundings or look out of place? To that end, what compels me to take photos is, not only our natural world, but the history we created within it, thus combining my two loves of nature and history. It is my intention that my photographs of landscapes and architecture, as well as close ups of nature and historical artifacts, give us a sense of the world around us. As a photographer and naturalist, I continually search for the obscure, as well as the obvious, as I believe without...