Artist Statement: Revealing Nature's Beauty Through a Digital Process- Nature amazes, enchants, and inspires me. So with a sense of wonder and quiet solitude, I stroll through beautiful natural settings carrying my digital camera. I can relax and surrender to the present, where I'm more likely to see God in everything, especially flowers. The camera acts as a mirror to reflect what I see. Then the captured image becomes a way to keep that moment forever and to give back that beauty. My work teeters between a world of intricate detail and texture to one of delicate softness and enchantment. I lean toward the real world when I find its intricate detail utterly beautiful. On the other hand, I often soften what appears too harsh and make it painterly instead. The famous painter Georgia O'Keefe inspires my work. A digital camera is my primary tool, and post-processing on a computer is how I lay my artistic style on each image. I can do this with subtle adjustments to color, tone, and texture that I paint on with a pressure-sensitive pen tablet. With the subtleties of a traditional brush, the pen tablet is vital to connecting my work to my heart. Together I hope to invoke the feeling I remember when capturing the image. I intend that my work transports you to a delightful memory of nature that brings you the peace and tranquility I experience creating it.