about cdlstudios
For as long as I can remember, my life has followed a creative vein. In school I sought out and excelled in the visual arts, demonstrating my ability to visualize, understand and then apply. My thirst for the arts propelled my exploration of different mediums. Sketching in charcoal or painting with watercolors and oils, I learned the fundamentals of color, composition, and shading. An appreciation of form and space was fostered through work with pottery and sculpture. During college I explored lighting and set design for theater and dance - the perfect culmination of my artistic experience to that point. Theater design allowed me to fuse my artistic pursuits and employ them to capture and invoke emotions and awe from an audience. In recent pursuits to explore creativity beyond the stage, I have discovered photography and its robust potential. Photography allows me to capture a moment through composition, color, form - essentially painting with light. Photography was a natural progression from lighting design and grasping the concepts of the lens has come as second nature. A highly fertile imagination and this new medium have allowed me to capture the world in various and unique ways.