Winter Pastel

Soft pastels
embrace the
winter sky.

2017

The pastel colorful clouds
erupt from the mountain peak.

2016

Soft, warm colors to warm
the cold, dark, rough
heart.

2015

The micro-texture of winter.

Saturated Light

Saturated light
rips reds into
the morning sky.

2017

Soft morning light
pours across
the smooth curves.

2016

The totem pole starts with man,
then to trees, to mountain,
and ends in the clouds.

2015

Winter's singular promise of hope:
this will eventually end.

Cloud Scape

Clouds warm the
sky with morning
colors.

2017

The lush green and warm brown
invite the eye and heart
to the renewal
of spring.

2016

Deep in the night of a great storm,
a single light illuminates
the accumulation.

2015

Hazy, cold winter days
seem to last forever.

Sky Wave

Waves of clouds
wash into the
distance.

2017

The sun tries to burn through
the morning clouds,
high above
the mountain top.

2016

A study of texture.

2015

Some days
have the most interesting
cloud textures.

Golden Leafy Sky

Bight sunlit
leafy color.

2017

We know of only two species
who derive pleasure
from movement.

It's as if humans and dogs
were made in the
same place,
cut from the same
cloth.

2016

Waves of light
pour beneath
the clouds.

2015

Tree crowned with
sun and clouds.

Pine Life

Long orange fingers
hold tight
the green crown.

2017

A dome of dawn
back-lights the mountain
tree, and steeple
alike.

2016

A window in the clouds
lets the orange light
through.

Second Amendment Myth
Do we really have the
right to bear Arms
or are arms for armies?


2015

Walking home in winter with others

is an old tradition.

This wisdom is a moment away 

from the daily distractions

to spend it with 

the important people. 

Sunshine Crown

Sun shines above
the darkening
cloud.

2017

The soft lines of the car
enhance the sharp detail
of the car's eye.

2016

Lining up the mountain ridge
with a little clear dome
emphasizes the coming
sunrise.

2015

Sunrises come in all kinds of colors.

Fire Feather

A composite of two
images with a
single theme:
fire.

2017

The soft yellow-orange
of the morning sky
hesitates the eye
within its color.

2016

This level of texture and color
is rare to find in
the morning light.

Reverse the Golden Rule
A new look at an old idea.

2015

These two large trees seem to grow as one.

Electric Ice Lines

Frost grows
bright, icy,
electric lines.

2017

Life will make use
of anything we
make.

2016

How many times to we reach
this point in the year
and feel the rust
slowing the
gears of change?

The gritty steel of resolve
will keep them moving.

2015

The force of nature rises and falls in beautiful form 

to balance the tides of change.

Trunk Shape

Old trees are
beautiful.

2017

Each day brings
new chances
new changes.

2016

A crushed mirror
reflects the puzzle
of light,
focus,
and texture.

2015

A long exposure captured the night sky and mountains beautifully.
The hardest part was getting the right focus
when there is so little light.

Time Heals?

New snow.
Old home.
Moving on.

2017

How long
does it
take to
move
on?

2016

The draw of the coming spring
is a powerful thing.

2015

Last year I took a picture of the mountain, casting a shadow across the valley.

This year I took the same picture with my new camera and marveled at the the difference.

Rushin'

Like the water rushing
down the stream,
we hurry to change
our past with new
resolutions.

2017

Processing passing
isn't easy
when eyes
are so beautiful.

2016

Record snow fall has a way
of filling in even the most
impossible gaps.

2015

A building storm early morning created deep color and an eerie glow.

Winter Skies

Winter skies
touch mountain tops.

2017

For this New Year,
I'll remember the
way she looked.
So sweet.
Flawless Innocence.

2016

An amazing display of how
sun, clouds, and mountains
interact in just the right way,
at just the right time
to create beauty.

2015

I'm just trying to be myself

in a world full of others.