January 2020

Competition
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
2019

Safe Harbor
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
2019

It’s a Beautiful Day
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
2019

Every time I see this kind of puffy clouds in a blue sky–but especially in this scene because of the rock pinnacle–I think of the cover art on the album It’s a Beautiful Day from 1969. All my photo is missing is a woman on top of the pinnacle.

It’s a Beautiful Day
Album Cover, Columbia Records
1969

I just learned today that the album cover was based on (ripped off from?) the 1912 painting Woman on Top of a Mountain by Charles Courtney Curran.

Woman on Top of a Mountain
Charles Courtney Curran
1912
 

Little Landscapes #8
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
2019

Boundaries
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
2019

Stone Veins
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
2019

These are not the tree or plant roots that they first appear to be, they are stone. Probably the best illustration of why the term vein in used in geology I’ve ever seen.

Bucket of Rain
Lyndon, Kansas
circa 1971

False Relevance
Somewhere in Western Kansas…
or Maybe Eastern Colorado
2005

While perusing some old work of mine, I came across this photo I had never done anything with.

Talk to Me
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
2019

Canyon Life Cycle
Cathedral Gorge, Nevada
2019

I love the way this shot conveys in one still image the long process of erosion that formed (and continues to form) Cathedral  Gorge over time. starting with little drainage rivulets at the top that feed into larger gullies that feed in deep, narrow canyons widening into broader drainages separated by thin fins of earth that are then gradually worn down into comparatively featureless flat sloping surfaces at the bottom.