Overlook
Overlook
My family has a few favorite camp spots along the Colorado River in a rural area north of I-70. I love the sage brush, juniper, and wide open views. I love the birds, lichen, and cactus blooms. This linocut is my love letter to the river valley.
Overlook is printed in blue, green and brown ink on Rives BFK printmaking paper and painted with copper watercolor highlights. It is an edition of 20 prints. The image is 11 x 14 inches and the paper is 15 x 18 inches.
Two Rivers
There is a place at the edge of the world
where two rivers begin.
One flows up into the sky,
pale, glittering stars streaming across the night.
The other river starts
as a trickle of melted snow,
and builds into this powerful force.
Through the darkness, a wet murmur ripples,
talking of rocks,
and rain,
and otters,
and fish.
The water travels long miles
under the river of stars,
and we take it for our fields,
our parks,
our kitchens,
and our cities,
leaving nothing.
There is no more murmur,
nowhere left for a heron to hunt.
At the other edge of the world,
where the two rivers should meet,
there is only one left.
And the stars fall silently onto sand.