I painted the Fleger farm many times during the creation of the Echoes series. In fact, it was the farmhouse that started the entire project and “Twilight” was first in the series back in 2008. At the time of my visits, the barn had been gone for many years. The stone foundation was mostly rubble […]
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Four Corners in Photographs II
Part II of the Four Corners road trip. In total we drove around 2500 miles in 10 days. It was grueling at times, but just when you think you’ve had enough, there are views like these and people like Delphina Sells, the Navajo Medicine Woman we met at Shiprock. She was with her son, Roderick […]
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Four Corners in Photographs I
In October we took a trip to one of the most fascinating parts of the U.S. – The Four Corners Region of the Southwest. With its alien landscapes, sacred Navajo and Anasazi sites, there is no shortage of beauty and mystery to be found. This is one of those times I’m going to step away, […]
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Throwback Thursday ~ Waiting
A vanishing rainstorm left a brisk, penetrating breeze in its wake. The brick house sat blind with its windows shattered or entirely absent, allowing the wind to wander through its rooms unrestrained. A gust moved a loose door, tapping and knocking on its broken jamb. The walls whispered and wailed as the air pushed through the […]
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Guns and Ghost Towns
Oklahoma has its share of Wild West adventure stories and a plethora of ghost towns. The ghost town of Ingalls sits on a now quiet crossroads with a few residences and the abandoned remains of the Ingalls Hotel and Saloon. The old buildings look like an Old West movie set. Surrounded by short trees and […]
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Wilson Farm House Restoration
Back in 2008, I was alerted to a remarkable abandoned house in Bala, ON. The old narrow road on the outskirts of town bends sharply at Gaunt Bay, and opens up to the most impressive looking old Victorian I had seen anywhere in the region. Situated on a rise well above the rising and falling […]
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