The Journey Into Art (Projects)

It has been more than a year from the last one in this series, so I thought I would carry on with a review of one from my most recent project "Walls in Motion".

This project will be the first exhibit after the COVID restrictions ease, probably late next summer or fall...

Hovenweep Pueblo was occupied from around 1200-1300 CE. All signs of occupation were really gone by 1280 CE. The site has not been fully excavated, so we only know some generalities about the area.

The architecture is similar to archeological ruins in Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon in New Mexico...

What in the world were they doing building something so beautiful on a rock???

They say it was for a structure to retreat to in the event of an attack. That sounds very plausible to me, given the description of the times...

A ruin should always be protected but never repaired - thus may we witness full the lingering legacies of the past.

Walter Scott

This is one of the pueblos in Hovenweep National Monument...

The third day of my time in the San Juans was not in the San Juans. It was spent in the Canyon of the Ancients. I went for the fall colors in the San Juans and to spend a day with the ancient ones.

My first stop was the Painted Hand Pueblo in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument...

The luminous quality of the light shining through the leaves of the aspen and cottonwood cannot be expressed except in picture. On a clear day like today it is so bright, you must shield your eyes. But you don't want to, as it would diminish the radiance...

This was the first dedicated time photographing in almost a year.

This year I explored the western San Juan Mountains in southwest Colorado. Despite years of living here I had spent little time in that area...

They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around...