Attractive Nuisance
Bozeman, Montana
2024

It’s behind a fence and posted no trespassing, but I sure wanted to wander across the little bridge and explore the other side of the creek.

Alter Egos
Bozeman, Montana
2024

I’m not sure how this mask ended up in our house, and I’m not sure why I at some point dressed up this statue with it. And I was definitely surprised by the character it revealed in its shadow when the sun came out.  It looks like a cartoon rat wearing an old rumpled derby hat.

Spent Beauty #55
Bozeman, Montana
2024

Three evening primrose blooms exiting gracefully.

Joyride
Bozeman, Montana
2024

My latest composite image effort. (It’s just a coincidence that I finished this just when the media has been talking about the Harris-Walz campaign bring back the joy to political campaigning.)

It Figures
Willow Creek, Montana
2024

Bleat
Willow Creek, Montana
2024

Another backroom find at Aunt Dofe’s.

R.I.P.
Willow Creek, Montana
2024

In an ironic twist (given the message here), it’s amazing how certain phrases that would seem rather pointless or meaningless “in the wild” gain potential import when viewed in the context and confines of an art gallery (in this case Aunt Dofe’s).

The Conversation
Willow Creek, Montana
2024

The Fashion Queen listens to an artist friend’s wife in the back room behind the exhibition space at Aunt Dofe’s art gallery. (It used to be called Aunt Dofe’s Hall of Recent Memory, an evocative name I really liked. I’m not sure why the new owner shortened it.)

Bare Tree #130
Cedar Mesa, Utah
2024

Ultimately, as they (and we) all do, the tree died. But the tenacity of this tree root’s search for nutrients and water in a rugged terrain is something to be admired.

Big Smile
Cedar Mesa, Utah
2024