Alaska Iceberg

We went on an Alaskan Cruise in September.  Part of the cruise was to travel up the Tracey Arm Fjord.  Even before we got to the Sawyer Glacier we saw some of the icebergs which had calved off the glacier.  It was an interesting combination of Green water, Blue and White ice.  This is a pastel on grey colored paper.

Afghan Man

This is a black and white charcoal drawing with a little blue pencil.  I really liked the folds of the clothing and his beard.  He had a great smile and very intense eyes.

The Pie Maker

This was a quick sketch of my daughter's friend, Bambino.  He was the pizza maker and I sketched him while we waited for ours.

More train stuff - Durango & Silverton

This sketch kept me busy and distracted a few years back while I waited for my truck to be repaired.  It is of a another narrow gauge train.  This one is the Durango and Silverton Line out of Durango, Colorado.  Until the steam engine was invented no one traveled faster than anyone else for a millennia or more.  Traveling on horse back was your only option for ground transport.  Then the steam engine could have you traveling consistently at at least 30 mph.

Happy Thanksgiving!! Wild Turkey

Happy Thanksgiving!  This is a colored pencil sketch of a wild turkey.   The real McCoy.  I keep a journal of all the birds I have seen and identified.  My count is at 235, I have sketched or photographed about 1/3 of them.  So enjoy your food coma and the holiday.

Pre-Thanksgiving Travel

Ok, so this is not from Thanksgiving travel.. I am staying home.  This is for all the hardy souls battling the weather and the delays.  I sketched this on a flight back from Florida.  Happy Thankgiving and travel safe.

Rio Grande Narrow Gauge steam engine Oil Painting

This is an oil painting of a Denver Rio Grande Steam engine in southern Colorado.  It is a narrow gauge train, which the company used initially because it was easier and cheaper to build in the mountains.  Some of these still operate as tourist lines independent from the big railroads.  A small piece of the past still chugging along.   This particular line is gone but the mountain remains and just down the valley is the Cumbres and Toltec railroad.  It is definitely worth the trip to ride and see.