Lipon Point at the Grand Canyon 1988 Oil on Masonite. 18x24 inches. Private Collector Gilclee Prints Available: 11x14 & 16x20 My favorite view of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.	Kokopelli : Anasazi Flute Player 1984 Acrylic on Canvas. 22x30 inches. Private Collector Gilclee Print Available: 11x14 & 16x20 Inspired by my studies of the Anasazi Culture, Cliff Dwellings and Rock Art. Kokopelli is the young boy playing his flute with his seed bay beside him. Anasazi Cliff dwelling in the ear-like overhang in background.
Mooney Falls : Havasu Canyon, Havasupai Arizona 1980. Acrylic on Masonite.22x32 inches. Private Collector. Inspired by my trips into Havasupai Canyon via the Colorado River and from Hualipai Hilltop. Mount Sinyala and the Prince and Princess of Supai in the distance.	Hopi Shalako Taka 1985: 12x18 in. Acrylic on Masonite. Private Collector. Inspired by the influence of the Hopi People. My visits to the Hopi Mesa's with Randall Honwisioma, (Born Moshongovi in 1906, Parrott Clan, one of the first Hopi silversmiths in the late 1940's). Randall was my nieghbor and friend in Williams in the 1970's. Three quarter's blind by the time we met. Our twice a months trips up 'Home' were always an adventure.
Redtail Hawk Nest: Baboquivari Mountains, near Sells, Arizona 1981. Acyrlic on Masonite.14x18 in. Artist's Collecton Inspired by a winter spent living near the Coyote and Baboquivari Mts. west of Tuscon. Hiking and exploring, listening to the coyote's laugh after sunset and watching the red tailed hawk nests.	Cohonina Hunter's: Key Hole Sink Petroglyphic Site, Northern Arizona 1981 Acrylic on Masonite.18x24 inches. Private Collector. I have been coming to this special place since the early 1970's. It was an important place of the ancient Cohonina People who left many pictographs here representing clans and initiation glyphs. There is also one very special. It showed 'the way we hunt the deer'.
Saddle Canyon: Mile 47 Colorado River, Grand Canyon. 1983 Acrylic on masonite. Image: 8 1/2 in. dia./11x14 overall. Private Collector. Inspired by my rafting trips down the Colorado River. Saddle Canyon is in the Marble Canyon part of the Grand Canyon. It's a nice short hike back up into the canyon for this view of the falls surrounded by Monkey Flower's.	Cliff Tower House: Canyon De Chelly, Arizona 1983 Acrylic on Masonite. 12 in. dia. Aritist's Collection. A composition inspired by my studies of the Anasazi Culture and a camping visit to Canyon de Chelly, Arizona.Spending two days liking and visiting the ancient cliff dwellings.
Mong Kiva: Hopi Second Mesa, Arizona 1982. Acrylic on Masonite. 8x10inches. Private Collector. Mong Kiva is at the Hopi Village of Mishongovi, where Randall Honwisioma was born in 1906. With Randall I've watched many of the Hopi Kachina Dances and in 1974 I was fortunate to see the Snake-Antelope Dances from a rooftop overlooking the kisva (plaza) below.	Sinagua Culture Ruins: Sycamore Canyon, Arizona 1985 Oil on Masonite.12 x 24 in. Private Collector. Inspired by my treks along and in the Scyamore Canyon Wilderness where there are many ancient ruins of the Sinagua People.
Oil on masonite: 9x24 in. Private Collector Sky Village 1988. Composition inspired by the Grand Canyon and the Anasazi Culture of cliff and pubelo dwellers.	Old Ranch Ruin : Northern Arizona 1987 Acrylic on Masonite. 9 x12 in. Private Collector. This compostion of the San Francisco Mountians, which we who live in northern Ariozna call the 'Sacred Peaks' includes this old ranch home ruin. It was built with adobe in the late 1920's by a Hopi man who farmed beans.
North Canyon: Mile 20 Colorado River, Grand Canyon. 1983 Acrylic on masonite. Image: 8 1/2 in. dia./11x14 overall. Private Collector. Sky Village 1988. Inspired by my rafting trips down the Colorado River. North Canyon is in the Marble Canyon part of the Grand Canyon. It's a nice short hike to this view of the falls, which shown here is but a seep into the large pool in front.	Hidden Canyon: Matkatamiba Canyon, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona 1987 Oil on Masonite. 9 x 12 in. Private Collector. Inspired by my rafting trips down the Colorado River. Markatamiba Canyon is in the Grand Canyon part of the Grand Canyon Nat'l Park. It's a great place to stop on river trips and hike far back up into the canyon. Here my compostion includes a cliff grainary ruin with the moonlight.
Tip O'Neil Butte: Grand Canyon, Arizona 1981. Acrylic on Masonite. 9x12 in. Private Collector. One of my favorite views of the Grand Canyon on the South Rim. Woton's Throne with the moonrise.	Bert Loper Canyon: Mile 41 Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona 1986 Oil on Masonite. 9 x 12 in. Private Collector. Inspired by my rafting trips down the Colorado River. Bert Loper Canyon is in the Grand Canyon part of the Grand Canyon Nat'l Park. It was named after pioneering river runner Albert 'Bert' Loper 'The Old Man of the River'. He wanted to celebrate his 80th birthday running through the Grand Canyon again. It was 1949 he was with Wayne Nichols when they upset at 241/2 mile Rapids. Nichols made it to some rocks and shouted at Bert as he floated by looking straight down river and that was the last anyone ever saw of him.The ruins of their wooden boat are below the mesquite tree where it was found. Bert's skull and some bones were eventually found in a driftwood pile at Cardenas Creek about 46 miles from the accident in 1975 by hikers.
Zoroaster Temple-Grand Canyon, Arizona 1986 Acrylic on Masonite. 9 x 12 in. Private Collector. One of my favorite formations in the Grand Canyon on the South Rim.	Rust in Peace: Kaibab Naitional Forest, Arizona 1983. Acrylic on Masonite. 9 x12 in. Private Collector. This old 40's Ford drew my attention years ago, nested in the tall Ponderosa pine forest in northern Arizona. What tales this old car could tell !
Box Canyon Ruin : Wupatki Nat'l. Monument, Arizona 1985 Acrylic on Masonite. 9x12 in. Private Collector. This ruin edges a little canyon near Lomaki Ruin called Box Canyon. There are several other smaller ruins nearby.	Ghost Night : Jerome, Arizona 1986 Acrylic on Masonite. 12 x18 in. Private Collector. Moon rising over Mingus and the people of the past mingle with thos of the present. There is a surreal vibe in the air! Thirty years ago I roamed all over the old ghost town and very few people lived there. Today it bussles with a poulation of artists, shop keepers and nostolgia.
San Francisco Peaks : Northern Arizona 1985 Oil on Masonite. 9 x12 in. Private Collector. The Sacred Peaks watch over this high moutain meadow in northern Arizona.	San Fransico Peaks, Northern Arizona 1985 Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 36. Private Collector. Ditto from last painting.
August Sunflowers : Northern Arizona 1986 Acrylic on Masonite. 12 x 18 in. Private Collector. August is the month in the high country that the Sunflower's are at their height and the last days of the monsoon's. Goodbye.	Wukoki Ruin : Wupatki Nat'l Monument, Arizona 1986 Oil on Masonite 18 x 24 in. Private Collector One of my favorite ruins. Built by the Sinagua people on a rock formation in the middle of Ka-Na-Na Wash. The entire area saw an increase in population in the years following the eruption of Sunset Crater in about 1068AD.
The Hopi Messinger 1988 Oil on Masonite 6.5 x 10.75. Artist's Collection The snake is the Hopi messenger. After the Snake Dances they are released to carry the peoples prayer's far and wide over the land.	Vision Seeker 1985 Acrylic on Masonite 9 x 12. Private Collector One of my very early works inspired by my lifelong studies of the ancient southwestern and plains cultures. Somehow I am the vision seeker. My friend, the great eagle has given me one of his feather's. I can feel it's power as I glide from world to world.
Peyote Vision 1986 Acrylic on Masonite 9 x12. Private Collector Again, I am the vision seeker. I have returned from a journey from within.	Big Horn's Rest 1985 Basalt Canyon in Grand Canyon Pencil/Graphite 20 x26. Artist's Collection. On a Colorado river trip some of us hiked up Basalt Canyon and came upon the skeletal remains of this Big Horn. It is very rare to see remains all intact, we all felt sadness but it was an honored discovery.
Red Tail Hawks 1988 Acrylic/Pencil/Graphite/Airbrush 22 x26 Private Collector Compositon of relating the red tailed hawk with the ancient people of the southwest.	The Ross Wheeler at Colorado River South Bass Trail in Grand Cayon 1985 Oil on Masonite 11 x 14. Private Collector. You have to hike down the Bass Trail in the Grand Canyon to the Colorado River to see the Ross Wheeler. It was built by Albert 'Bert' Loper near the Green River and named after a murdered friend.
Watch Tower : Anasazi Culture : Arizona 1986 Graphite / Pencil 22 x26 Image size: 12.5 x 15.5 inches on 18 x 20 inch #110 Cameo Dull Cover Paper Stock Artist's Collection Compositon of a publeo watchtower with an Anasazi pottery design background. Inspired by my studies of the Anasazi culture.	Wukoki Ruin Wupatki National Monument Arizona Sinagua Culture : Arizona 1985 Magic Colors / Graphite / Pencil / Airbrush 12 in. Dia. Circle on 17 x 22 in. #110 Buff / Textured Paper Stock. Artist's CollectionMy favorite ruin at Wupatiki Nat'l. Mon. this view in from the south side of the ruin.
Cliff Dwelling : Anasazi Culture : Arizona 1985 Graphite / Pencil Image size: 8 x 20 inches on 16 x 26 inch. #110 Cameo Dull Cover Paper Stock. Artist's Collection Compositon of canyon and cliff dwelling. Inspired by my studies of the Anasazi culture.	Box Canyon Ruin : Wupatki : Sinagua Culture 1985 Wupatki National Monument, Arizona Graphite / Pencil Image size: 8 x 20 inches one 16 x 26 inch. #110 Cameo Dull Cover Paper Stock Artist's Collection Another one of the the ruins in Box Canyon I wanted to do in pencil/graphite. It's a small one on the edge of the canyon wash.
Face Rock : Wukoki Ruin : Sinagua Days Wupatki National Monument Arizona 1985 Airbrush : Magic Colors / Pencil Image size: 12 in. Dia. Circle on 17 x 22 in. #110 Buff / Textured Stock. Artist's Collection Another of my favorite ruin at Wupatiki Nat'l. Mon. this view is from the Ka-Na-Na Wash looking southwest and includes a rock formation call Face Rock.	Pueblo : Anasazi Culture : Northern Arizona1986 Sinagua Culture : Arizona Graphite / Pencil Image size: 12.5 x 15.5 inches on 20 x 26 inch #110 Cameo Dull Cover Stock. Artist's Collection Another Anasazi culture inspired pencil/graphite with pueblo in background cliffs against an Anasazi pottery design motif.

Islandscapes - Oceanscapes

Banzai: Banzai Pipline, North Shore, Oahu, Hawai'i 2006. Oil on Masonite. 9x12 in. Private Collector. One of my first big wave paintings. I used several photographs taken by big wave photographer's as reference's to compose this painting. One of my Navy sons living in Hawaii has been surfing several years lends his expertise and critique's. He owns this painting.

Pismo Beach 1984: Pismo Beach, California 1984. Oil on Masonite. 9x12 in. Artist's Collection. One of my few California seascapes. I painted this one while camping at Pismo for a day. It was the last day of 1984.

Pacific Sunset: California 1998. Oil on Masonite. 12x24 in. Private Collector. California seacape, and the first since 1984 on a trip to visit my other son in San Diego. I gave him this painting.

Pipeline Sunset, Oahu, Hawaii 2008. Oil on Sentra Board. 9 x 12 in. Private Collector. My Navy sons and I enjoyed hangin' out at Pipeline, watching the sunset. The painting is referenced from my photography.

Sunset Wave, Oahu, Hawaii 2009. Oil on Sentra Board. 9 x 12 in. Private Collector. Composition inspired by Hawaii visits and referenced from my photography.

Playin' in the Wave Sea Turtle, North Shore O'ahu - Hawaii 2009. Oil on Sentra Board. 9 x 12 in. Private Collector. Composition inspired by Hawaii visits and referenced from my photography.

Planetaryscapes - Spacescapes

Olympus Mons : Mars 1990 Airbrush/Magic Colors/Graphite. Image size: 11x21 Paper size: 16x26. Artist's Collection References for this illustration from USGS Mars Image files and my mercator maps in studies of Mars.

Several Spacescapes I've created where not photographed and are in Private Collections.