Paul is a maritime and landscape photographer, hailing from the San Juan Islands, of Washington state. A native of Gloucester, Massachusetts, his affinity for the sea is evident in both his subject matter and the places he calls home.

Now, a long-time resident of Friday Harbor, Paul has felt at home in another small town firmly anchored in its history as a small fishing port, among the many islands of the Salish Sea. Paul’s adopted home, among these Islands, allows him to pursue his passion of black-and-white, landscape photography, where he finds many photographic similarities to his native home, in his quest to capture nature's serenity and solitude.

Paul is a 40-year veteran of the art, whose love of photography began as a young man thrust into the hostilities of war, in a foreign land... Drawn to the beauty of nature, as the antithesis of human violence, he found solace through the lens, searching out beauty and peace in the natural world.

“My journey into… photography started in Vietnam… with me buying a Yashica 35mm film camera… just putting it to my eye started my emotional connection to photography, not as a hobby, but as a life's work… to record my journey, my emotions and my connection to the world around me.”

Largely self-taught, and in the same vein as Ansel Adams' famous black-and-white's, Paul has continually pursued the natural play of light on the island landscapes. The stillness and tranquility in Paul's images reflect his lifelong love of nature and photography.