Double Down contemporary “It is a dream place

“It is a dream place that isn’t quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone”

The second of my three shots that we will release from my trip to the Sea of Cortez earlier this month

The Lodge at Vail was the first proper hotel to operate in a resort that arrived at the Colorado ski party exceptionally late

I needed the vignette to be elevated by the characters and not be just an action oil shot

the rhinoceros population has fallen from 3000 to just 90

Double Down contemporary “It is a dream place24 x 24 Acrylic on panel "I start each piece on location. As a photographer for 40+ years, I look for that perfect moment when motion, gesture, and focus come together. Back in my studio in Arizona, using techniques similar to Rauschenberg and Warhol (but always with my own imagery), I get to work. The power and allure of the silhouetteof reducing the moment to its essential partsis the way I see the world. I work in acrylic on panel, layering up, and