Field Photography from Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica

Every sculpture in my studio starts somewhere outside it. Usually crouched low, camera in hand, watching something small go about its life. A glass frog on a leaf. A katydid pretending to be one. A bumble bee working a squash flower like it's the only job in the world.

These photographs come from fieldwork close to home in Alberta, in the rivers and beaches of Mexico and in the rainforests of Costa Rica. Closeup photography slows me down. It teaches proportion, posture, and texture in a way no reference book can. The pitted skin of a toad, the set of a frog's legs before it jumps, these details find their way into the clay.

Most of these animals live below our line of sight. We step past them, or on them, without noticing. Looking closely is the first act of caring about something. That's true in the field and it's true in the studio.

Checkerspot Butterfly 2025, Oldman River, AB

This particular photo of a Checkerspot Butterfly won the 2026 Alberta Wilderness Association’s staff choice award.