My website is branded “The Pixel Mixer” because my passion is capturing digital pixels and making something creative with them.
I bought my first digital camera, a Nikon D90, in 2009, but I've been an avid Photoshop user since the early 2000's. I have been painting with the mxier brush since it was introduced in version CS5.
Always a student of Photoshop, I study and teach advanced Photoshop techiques, photo manipulations and digital painting. I also pursue image competitions, photo artistry training and magazine submissions, art contests and other artistic ventures.
I'm twice retired, serving 22 years in the US Navy healthcare field and 20 years as an IT consultant. After retirement I traveled as often as I could but now spend most of my time in Texas, enjoying my time with my photography, art and teaching.
Below are a few of my recent successes in Photography, Teaching Events and Publications in "Living the Photo Artistic Life" magazine where I am a member of both the AWAKE and KAIZEN art groups.
Photography Recognitions
* Master Artist - Professional
Photographer of America (PPA)
* Master Photographer - Professional Photographer of America (PPA)
* 2022 Gold Medalist Professional Photographers of America's 2022 International Photographic Competition.
* 2022 - American Society of Photographers Images of Distinction - Highest Non-Member -- 3rd Place Trophy
* 2022 – PPNetwork - Photographer of the Year
* 2021 Arkansas PPA – Best Photograph by and Out of State Entrant
* 2021 Platinum Medalist Professional Photographers of America's 2021 International Photographic Competition.
Teaching Experience
* 2024 Instructor - TPPA Texas School of Photography
* 2023 Dallas Professional Photographers Association (DPPA) – Evening Program and All Day Workshop on Advanced Photoshop
* 2023 Professional Photographers Guild of Houston – Evening Program on Advance Photoshop
* 2023 Texas Professional Photographers Association – iHeart Photography Conference – 2 Day Workshop on Digital Painting Feathers and Fur
* 2022 Texas Professional Photographers Association – iHeart Photography Conference – 2 Day Workshop on Advance Photoshop
* Numerous local camera club and social group evening and weekly programs delivered for over 5 years
Art Community
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 106
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 105
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 104
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 103
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 102
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 98
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 97
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 96
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 95
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 94
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 92
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 91
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 90
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 89
* Living the Photo Artistic Life - Issue No. 88
LIFE BEFORE ART
EDUCATION
MASTERS of SCIENCE in MANAGEMENT - NAVY POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
BACHELORS of SCIENCE - HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT - SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
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CERTIFICATIONS
Fellow – American College of Healthcare Executives
Certified Director, Technical Call Centers, STI Knowledge
Certified In Lean Six Sigma - Villanova University
Certified PPM (Practical Product Management), Pragmatic Marketing
CAREERS
Navy Corpsman - 1974 - 1985
Navy Officer Hopsital Admin - 1985 - 1997
Healthcare IT Consultant 1997 - 2007
VP - Sofware Development 2007-2008
Independent IT Consultant 2008 - 2016
