Photography,
The Early Years, and Influences
I love taking photos of nature and landscapes that inspire me. In college I was able to develop my own film in a darkroom the old fashioned way and I really enjoyed it. Both my photography and BFA work share the same mystery combined with a longing for the past. The discoveries in my photography greatly influenced the sudden shift in my paintings at the time. Today I don't have access to a dark room anymore and instead I shoot photos with my iPhone for fun and as inspiration for my paintings.
As a child I was drawing constantly and carried my sketchbook with me everywhere. If I got in trouble at school it was because I was doodling. I can remember sitting in front of the TV waiting for Bob Ross to come on. He was my favorite and I would paint along with him some days. Another huge influence of mine very early on was my Grandmother who had passed before I was even born. I never got to meet her but heard a lot about her. My Grandmother Marilyn Hainen had also been a landscape painter and one of her paintings hung above our main living room sofa. I often studied it and was inspried to be like her.
Photography, 2005-2006
Early Works K-12
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Influences
![Callen Schaub](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_870021e215be4feb89a0d4b35b450b6b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_135,h_186,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_870021e215be4feb89a0d4b35b450b6b~mv2.jpg)
![Callen Schaub](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_30b64c1eba094efea7d0fd4e1cf8a23f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_117,h_176,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_30b64c1eba094efea7d0fd4e1cf8a23f~mv2.jpg)
![Callen Schaub ( Me meeting him in Miami!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_9f5dae0edd6b4c72bc5540071afb02b1~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_75,h_133,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_9f5dae0edd6b4c72bc5540071afb02b1~mv2.png)
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![The Son of Man by Rene Magritte](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_3f71991a81734f8382a3a152448051c9.jpg/v1/fill/w_67,h_94,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_3f71991a81734f8382a3a152448051c9.jpg)
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![Early Sunday Morning](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_dfffa36c195542e9b730015142b7f92c.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_86,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_dfffa36c195542e9b730015142b7f92c.jpg)
![Landscape with cloud](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_88920c570e954d86a6e0f0bce8740c64.jpg/v1/fill/w_118,h_125,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_88920c570e954d86a6e0f0bce8740c64.jpg)
![Panorama](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_be8885c569ac451bab2f896406140cf4.jpg/v1/fill/w_95,h_96,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_be8885c569ac451bab2f896406140cf4.jpg)
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![Two Trees](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_5df5ba945d154f34953c473415c9338d.jpg/v1/fill/w_139,h_138,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_5df5ba945d154f34953c473415c9338d.jpg)
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![Callen Schaub](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_870021e215be4feb89a0d4b35b450b6b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_135,h_186,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_870021e215be4feb89a0d4b35b450b6b~mv2.jpg)
![Callen Schaub](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_30b64c1eba094efea7d0fd4e1cf8a23f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_117,h_176,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_30b64c1eba094efea7d0fd4e1cf8a23f~mv2.jpg)
![Callen Schaub ( Me meeting him in Miami!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_9f5dae0edd6b4c72bc5540071afb02b1~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_75,h_133,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_9f5dae0edd6b4c72bc5540071afb02b1~mv2.png)
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![The Son of Man by Rene Magritte](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_3f71991a81734f8382a3a152448051c9.jpg/v1/fill/w_67,h_94,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_3f71991a81734f8382a3a152448051c9.jpg)
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![Early Sunday Morning](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_dfffa36c195542e9b730015142b7f92c.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_86,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_dfffa36c195542e9b730015142b7f92c.jpg)
![Landscape with cloud](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_88920c570e954d86a6e0f0bce8740c64.jpg/v1/fill/w_118,h_125,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_88920c570e954d86a6e0f0bce8740c64.jpg)
![Panorama](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_be8885c569ac451bab2f896406140cf4.jpg/v1/fill/w_95,h_96,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_be8885c569ac451bab2f896406140cf4.jpg)
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![Two Trees](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3f0a83_5df5ba945d154f34953c473415c9338d.jpg/v1/fill/w_139,h_138,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3f0a83_5df5ba945d154f34953c473415c9338d.jpg)
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