Looking Ahead: A Season of Making and Sharing

Last year marked the launch of Cascadia Oceanic, my landscape photography studio - an idea shaped slowly over time by living with coastal places, returning to them again and again, and learning how light, water, and season leave their imprint. (And with some encouragement from my family. :-) Thanks, Michelle.)

That first year was about establishing a foundation: defining the work, the pace, and the intent behind it. But as I look ahead now, I find myself even more energized by what’s unfolding next.

The coming summer promises to be a full one. Art festivals and exhibits are on the horizon, with the Bellevue Arts Fair in July 2026 as a central milestone. These gatherings are important to me—not just as places to show work, but as moments of conversation: between images and viewers, between place and memory, between making and sharing.

In preparation, I’ve been traveling and photographing steadily, spending long stretches along the coast and within familiar landscapes. This work isn’t about chasing spectacle or singular moments. It’s about returning. Paying attention. Letting the quieter shifts—tide, weather, season—do their work over time.

The ocean remains a constant presence, though not as a dramatic subject. Instead, it acts as a kind of timekeeper: steady, patient, and continuously reshaping what surrounds it. The images emerging from this period feel closely tied to rhythm and repetition, to places that reveal themselves only when you slow down enough to notice.

I’m sharing a few early teaser images alongside this post—small previews of photographs that will soon be available to see in full. They aren’t meant as conclusions or statements, but as invitations. Glimpses of what’s coming, and of the ongoing conversation I hope the work continues to open up.

As summer approaches, I’m looking forward to bringing these photographs into physical spaces—to prints handled, lived with, and viewed over time. More details about festivals, exhibits, and new work will follow soon.

Thank you for being here, for taking the time to look closely, and for sharing in this evolving journey of place, water, and light.