With a solid education in art and communications, Trevor is a freelance artist, educator, and independent researcher. As a fourth generation Southern Californian and a six generation westerner, the body of his work consists of documenting our coastal landscape. Having extensively photographed California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and Arizona, Trevor has amassed an extensive visual library of West Coast America.
With a background in public speaking as an educator at the Getty Museum, whether in the galleries, the studio, or in the field, Trevor has a strong sense of flexibility and audience sensitivity, with a focus on stimulating dialogue and inquiry to facilitate positive intergroup exchanges. Holding four degrees in a wide range of subjects, Trevor is a trained creative and critical thinker with a diverse skill set grounded in logical reasoning and problem solving strategies, allowing him the insight to adapt situationally to maximize outcomes and achieve desired goals. As an intellectually curious professional, Trevor has spent years navigating the complex world of death and dying, trained with the insight and sensitivity necessary to successfully maneuver complex, unfamiliar, and high stress situations.
Merging the two worlds of art and mortality, Trevor explores the theoretical relationship between photography and death, research he presented at multiple California conferences. In 2015, his research was awarded top merits at Stanford University, securing a modest research scholarship. Along with a grant from ESA the following year, Trevor studied at L’Institut Catholique de Paris. Shortly after returning to the States he began work on a narrative nonfiction examining the implications of death and dying. In conjunction with his ongoing research, Trevor currently studies philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.
