Chimney Rock Sunset Canvas Print

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Rising 470 feet above the North Platte River Valley, Chimney Rock in western Nebraska stands tall among the most celebrated natural geologic formations along the overland wagon routes to California, Oregon, and Utah. Chimney Rock served as an early landmark for fur traders, trappers, and mountain men as they made their way from the Rocky Mountains to the Missouri River. To later west bound emigrants, the solitary spire marked the end of plains travel and the beginning of the rugged mountain portion of their journey.

Chimney Rock is composed of Brule Clay with interlayers of volcanic ash and Arickaree sandstone with the formation top 325 feet above the base. Thousands of travelers carved their names in the soft sandstone only to have these records disappear through the forces of nature. This eroded landmark is now smaller than that which greeted early visitors to the area, but its future presence for generations is secure.

In 1941 the eighty acres containing the site we...

Photography is all about using light to capture the emotion and beauty of a fleeting moment. For me, this adventure began with a single spring image using a small Kodak film camera of a freshly watered central Kansas ditch and has come full circle using modern digital techniques. My first camera was acquired by trading an ancient Royal typewriter to a fellow college student who was desperate to finish a term paper. It was a long time ago and that camera was my passport to an art that has fascinated me ever since. I owned and operated a professional studio in central Kansas for 20 years and moved to Colorado in 1994. Part of the studio's early success came from creating outdoor portraiture using controlled lighting...