I’ve always wanted to see the Grand Canyon. Everyone who had been to it said that it was amazing….not possible to describe…you had to see it to believe it.
And they were right!
It was a beautiful clear day when we were there and you could see for miles and miles. There were huge puffy clouds hanging perfectly over the cliffs. It was almost fake looking. I said that the same people who perpetrated the fake “moon landing” must have painted a huge screen and hung it up here for people see. It just didn’t look real.
But it was real. We had a great view of the Colorado River running through it. Unbelievable!
The tower overlook at the southeast end of the canyon gave wonderful views of the canyon not to mention that it was quite photogenic itself.
Allen and Bob didn’t miss an opportunity to read about all that we were seeing.
And Sally risked standing on the edge of the world!
Just back from the Labor Day Weekend in Sedona with friends. I hope to post some red rock paintings soon. Saw many wonderful views and landscape there. It’s hard to believe how different everything there looks compared to the Shenandoah Valley.
We hiked each day. Bell Rock and Cathedral were right down the road from our hotel so we were able to hike there easily. We saw rattlesnakes on one walk. I HATE snakes!!!
I’m not crazy about lizards either but we saw lots of them so I had to get at least one shot.
So many nice landscape views with the arid countryside in the foreground. I hope to paint many of them.
I took a ride yesterday out to Philip Carter Winery in Hume, Virginia. It is a lovely area with the beautiful vines all green and lush and the mountains in the background. 
There will be many great scenes to paint as they have buildings, ponds, and lots of vines to paint. I can’t wait.
These paintings are available by contacting me at 
Jordan and I became friends in the short time that I was there.
The Studio 