WHAT DRAWS YOU TO AN IMAGE? WHERE DO YOU FIND VISUAL INSPIRATION? I'm drawn to strong composition, especially interesting angles and symmetry, and mood evoking shadows and light. I find beauty in every day life, whether it's a lovely door on a house along my route to the grocery store, latte art on my weekend cortado, or a well-appointed shop space that I frequent. I feel lucky to live in such an inspiration-filled city.
WHAT'S YOUR PREFERRED CAMERA? I loved shooting film with my dad's old Pentax SLR camera but am now almost exclusively on my more portable iPhone camera ... it's amazing what one can do with a phone these days.
FAVORITE CITIES ... GO ! New York. Tokyo. Los Angeles. Stockholm. Portland.
ANALOG OR DIGITAL? Paper journal for thoughts and sketches, iNotes for lists !
LAST BOOK YOUR READ? The Kinfolk Table
WHAT'S ON YOUR BURGER? Lettuce, tomato, ketchup and French's yellow mustard. And a ton of sliced pickles !!!!
TALK ABOUT CURRENT PROJECTS ... I'm into a few woodworking pieces (serving boards and hand carved spoons) and a large stretched canvas painting to hang over my bed. I was recently home in San Fransisco and came across a beautiful and very large piece of solid walnut - I worked along with my dad & his amazing tool collection, and we planed down several boards from the original piece. I'm slowly sanding and oiling them, a labor of love if you will. There were several odd pieces left from the boards and I have always wanted to learn spoon carving ... I contacted a company in the Midwest that handcrafts carving tools made to order and started from there. Walnut is a rather hard wood - I feel like my introduction to carving has set me up well after working with it! The result has been a few small bowls and long handled spoons - I haven't refined them yet, but I am rather excited with how it's going !
