Recently I was able to display 55 framed pieces in a show entitled "Letters, Lines and Lenses".  A large part of the exhibit was new work that involved my own photographs combined with original calligraphy, which I wrote directly on the photographs.  I have always wanted to combine my love of letters with life through my camera lens.  In this gallery are samples of pieces from this show.

Quote by Silvia Rogers hand lettered with gouache onto altered photograph on Canson archival print paper.

Quote by Leonardo DaVinci and lettered calligraphy in gouache onto original photograph printed on Canson Archival Print Paper.

Traditional Swedish Proverb hand lettered calligraphy in gouache onto original photograph print on archival Canson paper.

Carlos Castenada quote hand lettered in gouache onto photograph on Canson archival print paper.

Hand lettered quote with gouache over original photograph on Canson archival print paper.

Traditional proverb hand lettered with gouache onto an original photograph on Canson archival print paper.

2014, Calligraphy in Gouache on Original Photograph printed on Canson archival paper.  Traditional Irish Blessing, photo location, Slieve League, Donegal County, Ireland.

Shakespeare quote, hand lettered calligraphy in gouache on an original photograph printed on Archival Canson print paper.

I saw these Hydrangeas just as I was getting into my car in Dorchester, Massachusetts and was so inspired I just had to take a picture.  The quote by Irving Berlin was hand lettered in gouache on a photograph on Canson Archival print paper.

Alice Walker quote hand lettered calligraphy in gouache onto photograph on Canson archival print paper.

I found this mother and her ducklings in a giant planter outside a mall garage.  I caught this image as she was keeping a watchful eye on her young.  The anonymous quote is hand lettered in gouache onto a photograph printed on Canson archival print paper.

I found this duck lounging in St. Mary's Pond at Notre Dame.  The inspiring quote by Henry David Thoreau was hand lettered with gouache onto the photograph on Canson archival print paper.

Victor Hugo quote hand lettered with gouache onto photograph on Canson archival print paper.

I love the simple beauty of this calla lily that I found.  The quote is hand lettered with gouache onto a photograph on Canson archival print paper.

Laura Ingalls Wilder quote hand lettered with gouache over original photograph on Canson archival print paper.