Mitchell Steven Wachtel was born in Texas and currently lives in San Diego, United States.
He served as a Professor of Pathology until February 2021.
“My quarter-century of microscopic examination formed my abstract eye; its vision nourished by a steady diet of abstract art. Artistic talent showed with three graphs’ invention.
In 2014, 10,000 steps per day required taking I-phone pictures to maintain attention, whence interest began In flowers, grass, and leaves. Photoshop has been used to increasingly reveal the music my synaesthesia sees in the images.”
His images are 10,000 x 15,000 pixels, producing 20 x 30”, 51 x 76 cm metal prints .

Connection to Nature
My parents often took their children to national parks, whose fabled beauty is inexpressible. My , faculty appointment instilled interest in the artistic regional giants, Ancel Adams & Georgia O’Keeffe. 2014 saw my need to take photographs during 10,000 steps per day, yielding in2004 TTUHSC, Lubbock, Texasterest in small foliage images. I learned I could see music and began to make photographs sing. All have made me see the infinite beauty of leaves, grass, & flowers as I never had before.