Much of my photographic work takes the form of notes, studies, and serial images that range from quiet reflections to comical investigations of places and themes that are recurrent in my emotional, intellectual, or physical proximity. What I refer to as “photographic notes” and “studies” explore subject matter that is informed by my role as an instructor of drawing and composition: still life, portraiture, formal compositional studies, and references to art history. This is the fodder that feeds both my teaching and studio practice.