Oxbow Residency Arrival

Mini kayak, canoe, or paddle boat ride straight to Lake Michigan!

Oval Beach

Town of Saugatuck, MI

this is a thing, here..

Studio starters...

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Echo Mountains

title courtesy of Dan Raphael

Studio Progress

Playa Snow Rise

Summer|Winter

                                         April 5, 2015                                                             April 6, 2015

Abert Rim & Paisley Caves

Abert Rim: Elevation 2,940 feet. 1 mile up

The orange dot in the middle of the orange circle is our car 

Getting ready for the misty hike back down.. in hail

Paisley Caves: site of oldest DNA evidence of human habitation in North America dating to 14,300 years ago

3/29 Playa: Mint Green Terrains

3/25 Studio

leather and gouache on paper

3/27 studio: b&w estates

Cracks and Holes in the Ground

Hole-in-the-Ground, volcanic explosion crater

aerial view (google image)

Fort Rock

Crack in the Ground, looking up. 70 feet deep and 2 miles long

 

fissure that formed between cooling lava flows about 1100 years ago

 

hiking over, under, and through rocks