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This is St. Joseph Apache Mission.  It is a beautiful old Catholic mission church nestled in the mountains of southwestern New Mexico on the Mescalero Apache reservation.  It was the inspiration of Father Albert Braun, a Franciscan friar who first arrived in Mescalero in 1916.  Soon after arriving Father Al saw the need for a […]

I have written about Descansos in a previous entry back in May and used an iPhone image of this same one in that discussion.  It is out near Ragland and captures my thoughts in many ways each time I pass by.  It has been woven into the fence line along the highway, a memorial to

I have always gazed upon the clouds with wonder and inspiration and often direct my camera towards them.  I cannot say for sure that my propensity to photograph them did or did not come directly from Alfred Stieglitz or any other particular photographer: “By photographing clouds, I mean to demonstrate how to hold a moment,

I wandered my way up to Broadview one Saturday morning to see what I might find for my lens and eye.  And I was not disappointed.  My muse certainly had my hand again on that morning. After exploring around this old barn and some of the other structures nearby I sat for a while and basked

As a child I recall getting to go to a few circus shows that came through our area.  I don’t remember now if any of them were specifically Barnum & Bailey shows, but they were fun experiences nonetheless.  When my kids were younger I took them to a couple of circus shows, but they were

Happy discoveries in the ‘what if’ of exploration.  One day my wife, daughter and I were heading back up to Ruidoso from the Tularosa basin and I took a side detour.  There is a prominent peak along the highway called Round Mountain.  Round Mountain is the site of a battle in 1868 between US cavalry

Ever been to White Sands National Monument?  It really is a magical and inspiring place.  The solitude that you can experience there is so soothing and the grandeur of the skies can set your soul soaring. I first took my wife there in 2002.  She is from Connecticut originally and had never seen anything like it

Last fall I mounted a show at our public library in a space that the Pintores Art League has established for members to showcase their work.  The project was named “Lines Of Power” and focused on the art that the utilitarian power distribution system can present.  The following is the introduction to the project: We

Following on from a previous post back in May here is another of my portraits of grain elevators.  I really do consider these portraits as each of these structures are individuals with their own grace and personality.  I try to spend time with each of them, often going back more than once, attempting to understand

This spring has provided me with a number of good opportunities to follow the clouds and storms.  I rarely start out with a specific destination in mind.  The WeatherBug radar shows me where there might be something to head towards, and then I will scan the horizon as soon as I get outside of town