POTD

Basalt Rock Face
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
2016

After a snowy drive across Montana, we arrived in Lewistown this afternoon to hang my show at the Lewistown Art Center. While sitting in a coffee shop, I overheard an elderly woman a few tables away reading tidbits from the newspaper out loud to her daughter. I wasn’t listening to what she was saying–or wasn’t until I heard her read my name. I should have, but did not, gone over and introduced myself. But she did motivate me to buy a paper on my way out. Pretty cool coverage; above the fold even.

After a quick trip the next two days for the opening of my Elevations exhibit in Lewistown, Montana, I’m off to Ridgecrest, California for the opening reception for my composite image show there in a week. When it rains it pours–gotta love it.

You can see many of the images that will be in the exhibit at the Maturango Museum here.

Going Solo
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
2016

Out of the Shadows
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
2016

Snow Train
Bozeman, Montana
2016

You can’t help but envy trains when driving in heavy fog and snow–not much chance of accidentally driving off into the ditch in a train!

Towards Home
Bozeman, Montana
2017

Out for a drive on a foggy evening, I stopped to take a photo back towards town. It wasn’t until I went skiing in a small valley between where I was and the lights of town that I realized that the power line I had photographed a few nights earlier went right by our house.

Winter Forest Texture
Moser Creek, Montana
2017

I’ve always been drawn to the texture and pattern created by distant views of snow on closely spaced trees in the winter.

Snow Standout
Moser Creek, Montana
2017

Not a stunningly unique winter shot but one that pleases me nonetheless. And the fluffy, white snow that day is a nice contrast to the muck-brown look that appeared around here the last few days due to temps in the 50s. Also a nice move back from yesterday’s blatantly political post. (That was something I felt compelled to do but really isn’t my preferred focus for artistic expression.  I’m generally in the mode of “don’t ask don’t tell” when it comes to politics and people I don’t know these days–it avoids needlessly unpleasant interactions. But sometimes enough is enough! Hopefully those sometimes won’t occur too often.)

Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Bozeman, Montana
2017

This is such a trivial bit of hypocrisy compared to the sh**storm that’s going on in Washington right now it seems almost pointless to post about it–especially because it’s been reported in the media off and on for some time. But because it’s the first time I’ve encountered such evidence personally and visually, I felt compelled to record it.