"The Colorado Below" 9" x 12" (SOLD)

My last trip to the Grand Canyon yielded a ton of great scenes but most were shot with an overcast sky. This is one of them which I liked a lot but I can only imagine what it could have looked like in the bright sun or late in the evening. The park is so huge, it stretches just about 30 miles along the rim from Grand Canyon Village to the eastern most viewpoint near the east gate entrance. Unfortunately for me the western drive out to hermits rest, west of the Village, was closed to private transportation which cut 50% of the park out. I had trouble getting around in just half of it anyway. Click on the image for a larger view.

"In the Spotlight" 11" x 14" (SOLD)

I waited all day for the sun to come out and finally, at around 6 pm, spots of sunlight started to show up all over the floor of the canyon. One by one just about every butte and canyon got a fresh dusting of sunlight. Click on the image for a larger view.

"Oak Creek Spring" 11" x 14" (SOLD)

This is a scene of Oak Creek Canyon. It is a canyon and stream that runs through Sedona Arizona.

"Blue Haze" 11" x 14"(SOLD)

This is another view of the Grand Canyon I shot last Friday. I should have taken a shot of the sculpted cut away they had at one of their information spots. All the layers and colors belong to a different era in the planets history. Don't ask me how they figured that out. Click on the image for a larger view.

"Blue on Blue" 11" x 14" (SOLD)

I drove up to the Grand Canyon last Thursday night or actually Friday morning. I arrived by 7 am and was disappointed that it was an overcast and cold sunrise. All day was pretty dull except for one hour of opening clouds around 2 pm. I stuck around until 6, hoping to get lucky and try to get some sunlight on the subject and just about the time I was ready to head to Sedona, the skies started to clear and I caught one of the best light shows I have seen there in four trips. Click on the image for a larger view.

"Snack and a Sketch" 11 x 14 (SOLD)

Looking at my files of Central Park reference just makes me wonder how fun it would be to have an equal number for fall or winter scenes of this place. Winter would be the best. I may have to try to get there this year after a nice coating of snow. Click on the image for a larger view.

"Pick-Up-Sticks" 11" x 14" (Click here to bid on eBay)

This is a scene of part of the forest in Yellowstone. I took a trip to Seattle in '06, and on the way I stopped and spent the better part of a day stopping at five or six locations in the park as I drove on to Washington state. The forests in Yellowstone at the time were in a recovery stage from fires that ravaged the park only years before. Click on the image for a larger view.

"Superstition" 11" x 14" (Click here to bid on eBay)

This view of Superstition was from some shots I took back in '06 when I first visited the site and decided to make it a frequent challenge to paint. It is amazing how many times I've seen it in the dozens of hues and lit drama. It can be barely visible across the valley but standing below it's cliffs the rugged walls are a variety of reds, greens and blues. Click on the image for a larger view.

"Sun Porch" 9" x 12" (Click here to bid on eBay)

This is a farm house in South Dakota that I photographed one afternoon. I always liked the raking effect that sunlight had on lawns and trees, but what really amazes me is the high key rich colors that the sun drenches on light colored objects White becomes a hot pink and tan becomes a vibrant orange, and green grass appears brown. Click on the image for a larger view.

"Pucker Up" 8" x 10" (Click here to bid on eBay)

This is a pair of Sunkist lemons that I shot a couple of years ago. Click on the image for a larger view.

"Silhouettes" 8" x 10" (Click here to bid on eBay)

After shooting scenes of Superstition Mountain all afternoon, this is a look back to the west towards the Phoenix valley at sunset. Click on the image for a larger view.