Each day, millions of digital images are captured showing how things "look."

Amid all of that, I wondered why anyone would care about anything I did until my very perceptive wife explained it to me.

"Your images," she said, "remind people of how they feel about something. It's not just seeing, it's feeling."

To borrow from Paul Simon I realized she probably was right.

The breakthrough came on a trip to Portland, Maine. Tanya and I had just met, but we already knew we were destined to be married. We had a fabulous lunch at a wonderful seafood place in Old Port, and wandered through the downtown.I snapped some photographs, but none of them captured the vibrancy, the color and the joy I felt that trip. 

It took several years before I figured out how to transform a simple photograph into something that captured the feeling of the day. The resulting impressionistic image is here on Etsy. 

While I love "straight" photography, I also enjoy experimenting with expressive photography, the type of work that conveys a feeling. 

Modern digital tools simplify some of the process, but it ultimately comes down to the question facing every artist: What am I trying to say? What am I asking of the viewer?

Millions of people photograph how things look. Far fewer capture how things "feel". I particularly appreciate the many kind and thoughtful comments from buyers and visitors who have shared a memory or a sentiment as the result of something I've done.