News:
March 2009: Gallery Showing at the Art-N-Soul
April 2009: Gallery Showing at The Good Cherry.
May 2009: Photographic Tour of National Parks: Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Mount Zion and points in between. Will be exhibiting at the Smith Mountain Council of Arts John Faber Photo Contest May 22 – 25
Upcoming publications:
Wine Label for Chateau Z Vineyard
Book Cover for Uncharted Country
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The award-winning stories that make up the linked collection IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY showcase ordinary men and women in and around imagined Rugglesville, Virginia, as they struggle to find places and identities in their families and the community. In the process, they experience natural disasters, a sun-worshipping cult, Vietnam flashbacks, kidnapping, addiction, and loss. The book’s opening story, “Flood, 1978,” follows a man who comes to understand his father’s deep sense of grief. Later, in “Hand-painted Angel,” that same man’s sons see the family spinning apart as their father ages and family secrets are disclosed. In “The Clattering of Bones,” a young man mourns the collapse of his marriage after the loss of a child, but in the collection’s title story he recognizes his emotional need for family. The concluding story, “Red Peony,” unifies the collection, as many of the characters from other stories come together for a tumultuous 4th of July Celebration.
