ARTISTRoss Wolfe

I have been taking pictures since I took a photography course at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in 1969. There I learned the basics of a 35mm SLR camera and the dominant components of taking a good picture. I began taking pictures, mostly slides, like crazy. Traveling, attending special events and living everyday life I carried my camera and lenses everywhere. I became our family, church, at work and “at large” photographer.

The advent of the digital age has been a challenge for me.  I tend to use an “old school” approach and even have had some of my slides digitized. To keep costs down and provide good art at a good price I try to use mats and frames that are used and create frames from barn wood. With this method I can match my pictures to the frames and mats that are available.

Amid a sometimes-chaotic life I try to capture a moment in time, be it a tiny flower or insect or a bird, maybe a tremendous landscape or a sunset, even a still or something abstract. Presenting these photographs in printed form to share with others has become a quest of mine.  I try to find that special picture that might add joy and pleasure to another person’s life.