After a month in the hospital and in recovery from heart surgery, I finally got started painting again. I chose to do another scene from our trip to the V6 Ranch. This is from one of Maureen's photos as she and Zim were moving the herd of steers back to the camp. In her photo, Zim was wearing a fly mask that covered his ears, so I substituted his uncovered ears from another photo. We both feel that our days at V6 made a big impression on us and gave us some really good memories.
Here's another one from my hike of the John Muir Trail in 2001. On our eighth day we reached Marie Lake and I found it to be one of the most beautiful lakes of the trail. I loved all of the little islands and peninsulas around the lake. I took several photos, but in those days my photography was limited by my film supply. I would have taken many more today.
