Lonely Old Night - Montezuma Train Depot - Georgia Metal Print

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This night time photo of Montezuma's historic train depot has long been a special piece for me. And it's not just because I won an award for it in a local art competition (3rd place - Advanced Amateur - 2007). It was special to me literally while I was taking it.

I was home for the weekend and on a Saturday night I decided to go downtown and take some photos of the old depot. It's always been a special place to me, probably the building I most identify with my home town of Montezuma.

As I was standing there taking long exposures of the car lights streaking past the old depot, I had an unexpected conversation with a stranger from across the street. She wondered what on earth I was doing taking photos of the depot and I explained it just looked pretty, especially with the street lights around it.

And her response was a sudden incredulous realization that a little piece of her town was pretty. I overheard her telling her friends when she left what I was doing a...

Life is full of happy surprises. After just over a decade working in the 9 to 5 cube world, I threw caution to the wind to follow my dreams of being a full time visual artist. That was five years ago! Is it easy? No, but something truly worthwhile is rarely simple. My body of work is wide ranging from photographic scenes of far away places, more near and dear locations, and more fanciful artwork. It's all crafted with a heartfelt love for finding the beauty in little captured moments. My artwork also hangs on walls near and far from private homes to businesses who have chosen to decorate with my art. Whether you've purchased one piece or a house full or you simply admire and share with your friends, your patronage of my art is...