About the Artist Alan Casey   (1953 - 2010)
	With great courage and tenacity, Alan Casey excelled both as a photographer and as a watercolor painter. Stricken with rheumatoid arthritis in his early adult life, the disease severely limited the use of Alan’s hands, arms and legs. When he could no longer handle the rigors and physicality required by photographing weddings, families and landscapes, he turned to the medium of watercolor to fulfill his natural artistic talents. Although physically handicapped, the passion for artistic expression would not be limited by his affliction. He excelled in ways others would have considered improbable. His stunning photographs, beautiful nature images and impressionist watercolor paintings have become a part of numerous corporate and private collections internationally. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.”   2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Your continued support is an encouragement and comfort to the Casey family.

Artist’s Statement
Unlike many others, I never set out purposefully to become an artist: it is something that just happened to me in my pursuits of self-fulfillment through photography and painting. “Rise early and seize each day, follow without question where God leads, learn much and use this knowledge well, spend time with those you love, never abuse your pets, use logic to fight the irrational for it is everywhere, defend the environment and nature, meld mind and heart for greatest creativity, follow your dreams and always do your best."  With these overall convictions as a basic template, my artistic vision is to create images that reveal the exquisite beauty of God’s hand all around us.  I am compelled to capture the natural environment in the form of landscapes and nature, striving to create soothing images of simplicity and serenity.  Choosing to portray simpler times, something familiar, closer to home, with uniqueness in the paths I follow that have been there all the while, waiting to be traveled by a roamer such as myself.