ALightStudio

I was raised in White Plains, New York, by parents who were very artistic and musical. My mother studied art at Cornell
University, and was always working on something in clay or on paper as we were growing up. My father was a Master
Electrician and Plumber, and had a wonderful baritone voice and a deep love for classical music. I wanted to be an artist, but
I was frustrated by my inability to make my drawings look perfect. At the age of fifteen, the solution became to make a career
in photography, and my parents gave me some used Nikon equipment and a credit account at the local camera store. I went
on to earn a B.F.A. with Highest Honors at
Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate New York.

After graduation in 1977, my then husband and I moved to Denver, where I worked as a portrait photographer in various
studios for a couple of years. Then I had my son and daughter, and started a business in a studio in my basement.

This worked well when they were preschool age, because photography is a nights and weekends kind of endeavor and my
husband could watch them while I worked. I could foresee that this would backfire once they were in school, so I went to
college at Metropolitan State in Denver to earn a teaching certificate in Art K-12. I had intended to teach photography, but the
program required a diverse set of art courses as well, and I had matured to the point where my fear of imperfection was
easier to silence. I enjoyed courses in ceramics, sculpture, drawing, painting, jewelry-making, and print-making. I ended up
teaching elementary art.

My marriage ended in 1997, and I married an old friend in 1998. We decided to move to Lincoln, Arkansas, where my
parents had moved to join my retired grandparents. The thought of returning to teaching at three schools at a time with 900
kids was giving me nightmares, so I worked for five years at a camera store as a portrait photographer and teacher. Two
and a half years ago, I decided to open my own studio called Abundant Light Photography, and I’ve enjoyed the creativity
and challenges involved in starting my own business. I’ve continued to explore other media, including watercolors and
ceramics, as well as doing nature photography in my spare time.

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