Marble Canyon #1

 We spent most of April at the Lee's Ferry campground at Marble Canyon AZ.

This is an incredible place: the put-in for rafting the Grand Canyon, the historic immigrant ferry across the Colorado River and the Lonely Dell outpost settlement, bordered by the Glen Canyon NRA, the Vermillion Cliffs NM, the Grand Canyon National Park,  and the Paria-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness. 

Painting inspiration abounds. These three pieces are my captured memories.

1) An old - and oft photographed - work truck at the historic Lonely Dell Ranch. Spotted this on a hike into the Paria-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness, and simply could not resist.

2) We had a rare rain one night. The next morning the clouds were lifting over the Vermillion Cliffs. Brief but Spectacular!

3) Marble Canyon itself, looking downstream. This is where River travelers enter the Grand Canyon NP. 

Celebrating Earth Day 2021

Off-Grid at Lee's Ferry campground, Marble Canyon AZ.

This is the put-in for rafting the Grand Canyon, and this is our view.

DIVER'S ED

 Another new painting! 11x17 watercolor on Yupo. This one is a gift for Grandkids Bee & Gabe.

New Zealand Memories

 This is my four New Zealand South Island memories, mounted together on black foamcore. Now to get it secured to the wall above the frig!

New Zealand #4

 I just finished the final painting for our New Zealand South Island memory collection. Sheep graze the hillsides all over the island, a very common scene.

Welcome to my world #3

 Badger Creek cuts a deep, steep side canyon that dumps into the Colorado River below our campground. The cuts in the plateau fascinate me, and the creek still has a little water after a long dry spell.

Jamie has rafted the Grand three times; sadly, that's one river trip I have not done. From the overlook, high above, you can see where the creek dumps into the Colorado River and creates the first little rapid on the Grand Canyon run.

Welcome to my world #2

 The Vermillion Cliffs National Monument is simply spectacular.