The Dragon's Bio Page

The Ruby Dragon

This is me now, hair longer, skin older, more aches and pains. There is solice in aging. Even when the tides of fate hand you a bitter cup to drink, there is always something to reach a little harder to attain. My spiritual growth is taking shape as I have never dreamed it would. The scales of blindness have been falling from my eyes and I see clearer now the course my spirit has been on for eons. I hope that the visions I have seen can be portrayed in my photography. Often it cannot, but sometimes there is just a glimmer in a photo of that vision. My wish is that all who visit my site will see/feel it and take some of that peace back into this world of sorrow and help lift the weight.

I am a 2nd generation native Arizonan. My grandparents homesteaded a piece of land just north of Williams, AZ. I was born in Phoenix and in the same hospital my father was born. I grew up in Phoenix, AZ, but spent a lot of time at the homestead property learning about peace, tranquility, and the fact that nature is reckless of the individual.

While going to school I studied Art, Science, and Music. I had an insatiable curiosity for astronomy, space exploration, and paleontology. The time spent at the homestead also brought me closer to real life experiences with biology, geology, and paleontology.

In my youth one of my favorite pastimes was exploring every road and two track I could find. Many of these places are now covered with houses, buildings, or surrounded with fences. In retrospect I wish I had learned more about photography early in life and been taking pictures of all the places I had visited. What a story it would be to show others what Arizona was like before the great migration.

At the age of 25 I married my life partner and we have shared many adventures together, including adventures in child rearing, travels around the west and many difficult times. Without the constant encouragement of my best friend, all these images that I bring to you now would not be possible.