About Me

I am a musician, photographer, and songwriter based out of Southwest Colorado.

My musical journey started when I was very young, and I would bang on my mom’s grand piano and put quarters in it. As I started middle school I played the trombone for a time before transitioning over the bass. After a couple years of bass playing I decided I could learn to play guitar, and after over 20 years, I am happy to say that I can play the guitar. After college I decided to also learn to play the piano, and after 10 years I am also happy to report that I can play the piano.

A large part of why I began playing piano was to level up my music theory skills as I had started teaching guitar at a local shop and independently. This experience allowed me to start a teaching studio in Mancos in 2024 where I teach all over Montezuma County and beyond!

My photography journey also started decades ago when I was a child who just wanted to take photographs of birds with an old Minolta film camera which I still have to this day. Since then I’ve taken breaks, and then 10 years ago started using photography as a way to add a visual form of art to my life.

I shoot both film and digital as a way to tell stories about the world I live in. I spend a lot of time shooting landscapes and telling the story of land and place while I’m fishing, hiking, or exploring the American West.