How I See the World

A portfolio of visual musings.

Interior gallery of the American Sign Museum featuring a large illuminated boot sculpture.
Cincinnati, Ohio
A massive, rainbow-colored teddy bear sculpture titled Compassion by Ginger Pearson fills a hospital patient room.
Los Angeles, California
A low-slung modernist glass house elevated on white steel columns above a large open terrace, surrounded by bare deciduous trees.
Plano, Illinois
A wide-angle view up LaSalle Street in Chicago's Loop under a deep blue sky.
Chicago, Illinois
A dramatic nighttime view through the legs of the stainless steel Gateway Arch on New Year's Eve 2025, framing the illuminated St. Louis downtown skyline.
St. Louis, Missouri
A nighttime view of the Oklahoma City National Memorial with glowing chairs reflected in the Reflecting Pool.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
A large outdoor assemblage sculpture in a sandy desert landscape under a vivid blue sky.
Joshua Tree, California
A large dark bronze abstract sculpture by Henry Moore, its two curved forms arching together to frame a view across the street of Eliel Saarinen's First Christian Church (1942) in Columbus, Indiana.
Columbus, Indiana
A dramatic low-angle view looking up at a towering green chain swing ride, with riders suspended on cables radiating outward high above the ground.
Copenhagen, Denmark
A symmetrical frontal view of Palm Springs City Hall, a low-slung mid-century modern building with a wide flat canopy painted sage green.
Palm Springs, California
A lush garden scene at Sunnylands, viewed through the canopy of two palo verde trees whose fallen yellow blossoms carpet the green lawn.
Rancho Mirage, California
A large silver geodesic dome rises behind a lush foreground of flowering garden beds featuring purple salvia, burgundy shrubs, and green grasses.
Montreal, Canada
A wide-angle early morning view looking north along Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
Ten graffiti-covered Cadillacs buried nose-first at equal angles in a flat, barren dirt field.
Amarillo, Texas
A sweeping desert landscape at sunset, with a dense foreground of cholla cactus, prickly pear, palo verde, and tall saguaro cacti stretching to the horizon.
Tucson, Arizona
A massive two-story facade carved directly into a sheer sandstone cliff face, featuring Corinthian columns, ornate friezes, and a central doorway.
Petra, Jordan
A monumental triple-arched Roman gateway of warm golden limestone, with Corinthian capitals, intricate carved friezes, and a decorative pediment.
Jerash, Jordan
A panoramic view of Constantine, Algeria, showing densely packed multi-story buildings perched atop sheer vertical limestone cliffs.
Constantine, Algeria
A large, heavily rusted red and white fishing vessel lies beached and tilted on a gravelly shoreline.
Patreksfjardar, Iceland
Several tall Roman Corinthian columns and scattered stone ruins stand against a deep blue sky with dramatic white clouds.
Amman, Jordan
A nighttime view of the Sydney Opera House with its iconic shell-shaped roof illuminated in bold projected imagery of orange, red, and yellow organic forms.
Sydney, Australia
A massive stepped stone pyramid rises symmetrically from a flat grassy plaza under a partly cloudy blue sky.
Yucatan, Mexico
A close-up view of the Colosseum's exterior, rendered in moody teal and green tones, with three tiers of arched openings.
Rome, Italy
A warm, golden-filtered view of the Pantheon's columned portico with crowds filling the cobblestone piazza.
Rome, Italy
A nighttime view of the illuminated Eiffel Tower, glowing warm gold, framed by autumn tree branches in the foreground.
Paris, France
Two fantastical stone and mosaic gatehouses flank the entrance to Park Guell, their curved rooflines decorated with ceramic tile and organic sculptural forms.
Barcelona, Spain
The west facade of Notre-Dame Cathedral rises above the Seine embankment, its twin towers and Gothic stonework glowing in warm afternoon light.
Paris, France