I am a photographic artist, writer and poet with a musical bent who lives at the edge of the Pacific Ocean. I’ve walked all over the globe in over 230 countries/territories and seen so many places, things, art, ‘scapes and people; heard so much music, seen plays, operas and movies, danced and sung in tavernas and bottegas. My eyes have witnessed so much of this rich natural and man-made tapestry and landscape. I have captured all corners of the globe and yet missed shots as I just stood and marveled but forever were etched in my memory. I was heavily influenced early on by old movies, all music, books, poems, philosophy, etc.

I was given a camera and crayons at 3 and exposed, enchanted and inspired by California motifs: light, trees, the ocean, music and vernacular architecture that defined and influence my left-handed aesthetic. I was influenced by my dad’s photographic hobby and my mother’s thirst for knowledge and travel. I have degrees in art and a career in art, design and architecture. Nature in all its glory captivates me; I take inspiration from the ancient world to the modern - from the Assyrians to Vermeer to Matisse to Atget to Cindy Sherman. I am a student of history and have traveled extensively and exhibited in over 500 solo/group shows in galleries, museums, featured in books and magazines from London, Rome, Glasgow, Budapest, Athens, Dubai, Berlin, Prague, Paris, Barcelona, Florence, Venice, Sydney, Sao Paulo and from California to New York, winning 420+ Talent, Merit and Honorable Mention Awards and represented in private collections.

I was fortunate to begin a life of travel as a teen that shaped my love of the exotic paired with an eye for the formal, accidental and unusual while subliminally seeking the “beautiful” that jiggles the lens/frame of my eye. Most recently, I was honored with First Prizes in photography in ABSTRACT, ARCHITECTURE, CHILDREN and STILL LIFE categories in prestigious 21st Julia Margaret Cameron Award and the 18th International B&W Spider Awards, International Botticelli Prize 2024, LA ART SHOW 2024 and upcoming Tokyo Met Museum, ArtExpo Basel and New York. I am a self-described romantic soul with intellectual cravings. "A photographer has the whole world big or small to capture." - kjs

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