Parallel was an experiment using two versions of the same image taken at the Genessee Monastery in New York. To me, it explores the mystery and perception of reality, that which is seen and unseen, known and unknown. 
Embarkment was another effort to communicate the complexity of growth and progress in life. The pathway image was taken at Quail Hollow State Park in Ohio. Text repeating "one step forward two steps back two steps forward one step back" overlays the pathway. 
Beckoning is meant to play with the concept of destination and calling, of how one can feel pulled in a certain direction without necessarily being able to see where it leads. It was created with an image taken at the Rotunda on the grounds of the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville. This was combined with a sheer overlay of a photo of my son's bedroom door slightly ajar.
Urgency is made up of 2 images. The back layer is an image of a weathered old door in a crumbling wall on the grounds of the Gethsemane Monastery in Kentucky. The sheer overlay is of an expired parking meter on 3rd street in downtown Canton, Ohio. I wanted to create a sort of mysterious intrigue that the viewer could personally resonate with as to what may be the urgency to pass through the portal and where might it lead.
Luring was created as a way of considering the powerful influence of material comforts and longings. The hallway image with the chandelier was taken at Versailles in France. The overlay of trees, suggesting life's journey, is from the Genessee Monastery in New York. 
Monumental incorporates an image of a pathway, which serves as a metaphor for life's journey, along with an image of a sundial. The sundial was purposefully enlarged in comparison with the pathway to suggest its looming presence, since time tends to be such a constant preoccupation in life. The images were taken at the Genessee Monastery in New York and the Gethsemane Monastery in Kentucky. 
Unmoored was an attempt to portray a sense of not feeling grounded, of losing direction and focus in one's life. It is not necessarily intended to be a negative reflection, for sometimes those moments can provide glimpses of new horizons we never before imagined. The photographs were taken in Maine on a misty boat ride. 
Astray was made up of images from the Genessee Monastery in New York. In an effort to show a sense of confusion and obscurity, I overlapped layers of tree and pathway images on sheer and opaque fabric and paper.
Ambiguous is made up of manipulated images of the spiral steps inside the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. I wanted to visually process the ambiguity of discerning whether one is making progress. By flipping and overlapping the steps images, I sought to explore the dynamics of progression or growth which invariably involves a combination of moving forward and backward, up and down, back and forth.
Drawn was created from a photograph of the beach in Holland, Michigan on a rather hazy July 4th. The sheer overlay image of steps was taken on a hike at Hocking Hills State Park in Ohio. This combination seemed to really capture the essence of being drawn or pulled toward something, even when that destination is not fully known or understood. 
Aspiration was part of a larger study on what pushes one onward and why. I photographed an old propellor which to me, serves as a great visual metaphor of progression and potential.
Solitude was the first mixed media piece I made using a variety of photo transfer processes. The images used were taken while hiking at the Genessee Monastery in New York. The embedded text ponders the concept of space for oneself and the joy that can be experienced when one carves out space to be alone.
The Clearing was created with an image I had taken in a small, barren chapel in the Tower of London. The structure was so stark and beautiful. I chose to overlay a pathway/tree image that I took at the Genessee Monastery in New York. I actually use this image quite frequently as a visual metaphor for life's journey. The fusion of these images seemed to create an interesting juxtaposition of traveling toward a sense of space or destination or purpose. 
