This Fall has been quite busy for me. Traveling, art shows, and backpacking, teaching a night class…. Yet, I have some time left to oil paint. Here are 3 new oils from October and Early November. “Golden Autumn” 24×30 oil, palette knife (above Lockett Meadow, San Francisco Peaks, AZ) “Boulders and Brambles” 9×12 oil, palette knife, painting on-site at …
Christmas Courthouse prints available!
Christmas season is around the corner! These photos are from last years Christmas season in downtown Prescott. I am printing 5×7 images and matting them to fit an 8×10 frame. They will be avlailable at the Frame & I Gallery and Frame Shop, $18 each. Pick your own set of prints at 229 W. Gurley St. Prescott, AZ 86301. www.frameandi.com. …
Backpacking in the Grand Canyon – Part 3
Early Sunday morning, we awoke to get a start at first light. We started hiking right at 6:30. The Red Canyon Trail, (a.k.a. New Hance Trail), starts in a wash for about 1.5 miles. We encountered a couple difficult rockfalls to scramble up. It veers left out of the wash climbing steadily to the base of the Redwall. The Redwall …
Backpacking the Grand Canyon – Part 2
Day 2 at the Grand Canyon was spent relaxing and exploring near our camping spot on a beach near New Hance Rapids. The setting was amazing and the lighting spectacular. I awoke before the sun began to light up the distant rim. I was awarded with an amazing show of light and color. The time on the beach is about …
Backpacking the Grand Canyon – Part 1
I made plans months ago and received a permit to hike down the Grandview Trail to New Hance Rapids and on up the Red Canyon Trail. I had hiked this same route about 11 years ago, yet many things seemed unfamiliar and new. We were a group of 10 and spent two nights at the river. As always, words can’t …
West Fork – Fall Colors
My wife and I try not to miss seeing the fall colors at West Fork just north of Sedona. Today, was the day we had open to make the trip. We arrived just after 9am to a full parking lot, so we drove another 1/2 mile up the highway to park on the shoulder. No big deal. I expected a …
Lockett Meadow – SF Peaks – Fall Colors
It was a perfect day, warm, sunny, cool breezes, vivid fall colors…. and hiking with my beautiful wife! Need I say more? Here are some of my favorite photos. I can’t wait to get started on painting from some of these photos! trail framed by Aspens crunchy floor, earthy smells long morning shadows bright blue skies tall beauties enchanted forest Inner …
New Paintings & Upcoming Sedona Show
Here are some brand new paintings from the last couple months. Having art shows to exhibit in really is a good motivator to get new work done. I will be part of the Sedona Arts Festival on October 13-14, 2012 at the Sedona High School. The hours of operation both days are 9:00am to 4:00pm. Find me at booth B19 …
Horton Springs
Our plan was to hike to Fossil Springs today. On the way, we saw a big sign that said Fossil Springs is closed. Denise called the hotline and found out that the AZ game and fish is removing non-native fish for most of the month. Our plan B became Horton Springs. Just 17 miles east of Payson, is an exit …
Camping Labor Day Weekend – Near Williams, AZ
I wouldn’t normally pick Labor Day weekend to go camping because everyone else in the world has the same idea. I thought we could go near Williams being further away from Phoenix than Flagstaff or the Mogollon Rim. We drove to White Horse Lake, not wanting to camp there, and continued all the way to Sycamore Point to catch the sunset. We …