AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

The flowers are coming up every where I turn... I absolutely love it. And... the offers are coming in for me to show my work - yay. I have a few definite things going on right now that I would like to let you in on. A few other things are pending that I'll let you know about soon. Right now for sure... April 25th is the Cambridge Arts Open Studios. I'll be exhibiting at Hope Fellowship Church, 16 Beech St., Cambridge. Not only will I be exhibiting 5 pieces of my work, but I will also have a vendor table. There will be a couple of well known artist exhibiting this year at Hope Fellowship Church, such as Harry Falsom and Jeannie Motherwell. So please come by between 12-4 to buy art or 6 and after to see the performing artist.

January's Class A Projected Image Competition earned me an "Honorable Mention" ribbon for the attached digitally edited photo which I call "Beach Chairs" at the Greater Lynn Photographic Association. Mike Goodman, MNEC, of New Hampshire was the judge for this month's event. Mike is a member of the Gateway Camera Club and has won many medals locally and worldwide in International competitions. I think this is a fun looking photo and I had it printed on a computer mouse pad. It looks great!

I competed in a "Dual Projection Format" Competition in the Lynn Photographic Association group that in belong to. I was extremely nervous about this since I am not competitive and no one likes to have their work picked on. But, I did want to learn and grow so I pushed myself to join this monthly competition. Last night was the first competition. We could either enter three slides or three digital prints in different categories. I entered three digital images in the Digital Arts/Creative Category. I had been so nervous about this night since entering. I had wondered if I did the right thing in entering. So, last night I sat there while viewing these beautiful images of other photographers while the judge critiqued them. Then came mine. My first photographed appeared large on the screen.

I grew up and have lived in the Boston area all my life. I have been taking pictures since I was a child, but didn’t go professional until early 2007. I am a source photographer for Boston Coasters (www.bostoncoasters.com) in Harvard Square, Boston, MA. My pictures are hung on consignment at The Inkwell in Amesbury and The United Front Co. in Revere (both in MA). I currently have have a Halloween show going on until the end of October, 2008. Starting November 1st I will have all now photographs hung. My pictures have appeared in The BostonNow newspaper, New England Sports Magazine, WCAT TV (local television program) and even on a CD cover and publicity photos (for Kyle Davis).