Mountain Interlude

Time to leave Smith Rock State Park and head for the Oregon coast.  The road requires the traveler to venture into tall pine forests and mountain passes.  On this journey, we travel under the gaze of the Three Sisters.

Watchers On The Ledge

Three old friends stand together, silent observers of the landscape that lies below them.

Like A Spider

I’m reminded of a spider working its way down a slender strand of web to reach a distant destination in its smaller world.  Although, this world was a bit bigger, as was the spider.

On The Edge

Smith Rock State Park is world famous for its rock climbing opportunities and there was no shortage of participants out the day I was there.  This particular climber got my attention as he negotiated the edge of the cliff.

Gnarly

Nature creates, time adds the texture.

Precarious

Nicely balanced, with a hint of trepidation, posing for the viewer until further notice.

Metropolis

My most recent contribution to Monochromia.

Monochromia

So much geometry…lines, curves, squares, rectangles and some reflections as a bonus.

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What Does The Eye See?

Along the Deschutes River in Bend, Oregon is an area of softer volcanic rock that has been worn away by the action of water and spinning rocks, creating potholes.  This is a common feature along many rivers, including the St. Croix on the Minnesota and Wisconsin border. The interplay of shape and light tricks the eye into imagining most anything…so what do you see?

Entangled

The west is filled with grand visions of grand vistas, mountains and beautiful coastal areas.  But I also discovered that there are amazing tree shapes to be explored.  Yes, there are plenty of trees that grow tall and straight, but in the high desert area, there are scrub trees that attain some of the most unusual shapes I have ever seen.  This is just one example of the images I am working with from the area.  This one is more root structure than what might be seen growing above ground, but it has obviously been worked on by time, water and air.  This image is from my visit to Smith Rock State Park near Redmond, Oregon.

Reflections of a Mountain

Mt. Bachelor reflected in Todd Lake, Cascade Lakes area of Oregon near Bend.