Mountain Goats near Sandpoint, Idaho – early summer, so mama is molting. 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper

Abandoned farm near Taos New Mexico, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Milkweed along Hwy 69 Kentucky, a favorite subject of mine – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper

Longhorns, Scottsbluff, Nebraska -18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper.

This is a compilation of scenery by the monument area and cows on a farm that were closer to town. On this hot summer day, the longhorn were bothered by the flies. I sat by the road and watched them for quite a while because the way they sport those horns is fascinating, and the horns-size on the bull seem kind of impossible. Another newborn calf, a white one, was nearby in the long grass.

Post-dated note: Accepted in the J. Mane Gallery’s Fins, Feathers and Fur 2020 exhibition.

Stormy Morning Travel along Hwy 2W, North Dakota – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90lb watercolor paper

Downy Woodpeckers, Grand Canyon park, AZ – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 140 lb watercolor paper.

California Redwood, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 140 lb watercolor paper.

Egrets Roosting in Jacaranda trees, Ajijic, Mexico, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Golden Hawaiian Bamboo, Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Hawaii – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Mount Wellington Summit, officially named kunyani, Tasmania – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.

Google: kunanyi (pronounced koo-narn-yee) means ‘mountain’ in palawa kani, the beautifully revived language of Tasmanian Aborigines.