Many of life’s best views are worth the effort. Not everyone climbs the mountain, crosses the bridge or looks around the corner. The rewards found can seal the deal for …
A winter interlude at the end of summer
This image is the “Murphy Tree,” apparently named after a photographer that made it famous. It stands alone in the Haden Valley of Yellowstone National Park. When shooting there last …
Summer’s not over … yet
Can you guess what was my first attraction to this site? An idyllic lakeside place to paint plein air, the morning was cool and the water calm, but what was …
If those walls could talk
It’s not hard to imagine the busy workings of farm life on the many acres of this abandoned Seymour farmstead. Newer developments may think updated is grander, but I disagree. …
Art as keeper of memory
Fancying myself as a nature and travel photographer, I never get enough of either. When traveling, I usually have my camera at hand looking for interesting subjects to document our …
Good morning, glory
Purple morning glory vines its way up to the tallest sunflower in the field at the TWRA Forks of the River Wildlife Management Area. Does it climb so high to …
Nebraska highway, in the sunshine
Traveling the expanse of western Nebraska, we stopped to photograph some dilapidated buildings. These mailboxes across the highway caught my attention. Neighbors are often far apart and the ranch house …
Suffering for art in the heat wave
It was a stifling hot day when I traveled to Erin’s Meadow Herb Garden near Oak Ridge to paint en plein air.
Of course, there was plenty to paint in the …