I am a self-taught artist whose principal career was as a Fine Art dealer, auctioneer and appraiser. For over 35 years I sold and appraised both Canadian and international works of art. In dealing with the works of acclaimed artists, I have developed an acute appreciation for such fundamentals as composition, colour, form and perspective. Ansel Adams opined, 'The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it'; the photographer. I agree; the rest - procedures like dodging and burning that in his day were done in the darkroom and that we now...more
