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  • Packsaddle Grove

    Sequoia and deadfall along a small creek in Packsaddle Grove.

    Pencil on newsprint, 9x12 inches, 1980.

    718,960
    Not For Sale
  • Wheel Meadow Grove

    Fallen sequoia along the bank of the South Fork of the Middle Fork of the Tule River.

    Pencil on newsprint, 9 x 12 inches, 1980.

    1288,960
    Not For Sale
  • Alder Creek Grove

    A fallen sequoia above the banks of Alder Creek.

    Pencil on newsprint, 9 x 12 inches, 1980

    718,960
    Not For Sale
  • East Fork Grove

    A fallen, broken sequoia trunk above cascades of Deer Creek.

    Pencil on paper, 9x12 inches, 1980.
    761,960
    Not For Sale
  • Packsaddle Grove

    Finished print based on a field sketch of trees in Packsaddle Grove.

    Lithograph on Arches Cover,              1980.

    911,1200
    Not For Sale
  • Alder Creek Grove

    Finished print based on a field sketch of a fallen sequoia above Alder Creek.

    Lithograph on Arches Cover,               1980

    958,1200
    Not For Sale
  • Starvation Creek Grove

    Finished print based on a field sketch of a fallen sequoia, broken into blocks like shattered glass, in Starvation Creek Grove.

    Lithograph on Arches Cover, 9 x 12 inches, 1981.

    1389,1080
    Not For Sale
  • Deer Meadow Grove

    Sequoia in Deer Meadow Grove, with granite spire beyond.

    Pencil on newsprint, 9 x 12 inches, 1982.

    722,960
    Not For Sale
  • Little Boulder Grove

    Shattered sequoia in Little Boulder Grove in Sequoia National Forest.

    Pencil on newsprint, 9 x 12, 1982

    720,960
    Not For Sale
  • Kennedy Grove

    Light on fallen sequoia in Kennedy Grove in Sequoia National Forest.

    Pencil and white chalk on newsprint, 9 x 12 inches, 1982.

    1285,960
    Not For Sale
  • Burton Grove

    Granite outcrops and sequoia crown in Burton Grove, Sequoia National Forest.

    Pencil on newsprint, 9 x 12 inches, 1982.

    720,960
    Not For Sale
  • Windy Gulch Grove

    Salvaged fallen sequoia along old Hume railroad bed in Windy Gulch Grove, Sequoia National Forest.

    Pencil and white chalk on newsprint, 9 x 12 inches, 1982.

    718,960
    Not For Sale
  • Landslide Grove

    A cluster of sequoia in low light in Landslide Grove, Sequoia National Forest.

    Pencil and white chalk on newsprint, 9 x 12 inches, 1982.

    718,960
    Not For Sale
  • Redwood Mountain Grove

    A skyline of sequoia crowns in Redwood Mountain Grove with Sierra foothills and central valley beyond.

    Pencil and white Prisma on toned pastel paper, 8.25 x 11 inches, 1982.

    1287,960
    Not For Sale
  • East Fork Grove

    A finished lithograph based on a field sketch of sequoia along East Fork of the Kaweah River.

    Lithograph tinted with watercolor on Arches Cover, 9 x 14 inches, 1982.

    624,960
    Not For Sale
  • North Grove

    Sequoia along an old road in North Grove above Sequoia Lake, a group of trees on the margins of Grants Grove.

    Pencil and white ink on toned calligraphy paper, 8.375 x 11 inches, 1983.

    744,960
    Not For Sale
  • General Grant Grove

    Skyline of large Sequoia, including the General Grant Tree in General Grant Grove.

    Pencil and white ink on toned calligraphy paper, 8.5 x 11 inches, 1983.

    1261,960
    Not For Sale
  • Redwood Mountain Grove

    Late-day light falling across forest floor in pure stand of sequoia, Redwood Mountan Grove. Drawn on both sides of paper and here digitally joined together.

    Pencil and white Prisma on toned pastel paper, 1983.

     

    1800,973
    Not For Sale
  • Muir above Dorst Creek

    Muir Grove on granite bluffs above Sierra foothills viewed across Dorst Creek.

    Pencil and white Prisma on toned pastel paper, 8.375 x 10.75 inches, 1983.

    1241,960
    Not For Sale
  • Lost Grove

    Sequoia of Lost Creek along the General Highway with motor home.

    Pencil and white ink on toned calligraphy paper, 8.5 x 11 inches, 1983.

    741,960
    Not For Sale
  • Muir Grove Skyline

    The large sequoia of Muir Grove above bald granite.

    Pencil and white ink on toned calligraphy paper, 8.5 x 11 inches, 1983.

    734,960
    Not For Sale
  • Muir Grove

    Sequoia within Muir Grove, Sequoia National Park.

    Pencil, watercolor and white ink on toned calligraphy paper, 8.5 x 11 inches, 1983.

    926,1200
    Not For Sale
  • Skagway Grove

    Morning light on Skagway Grove along unmaintained Black Oak Trail.

    Pencil and white ink on toned calligraphy paper, 8.5  x 11 inches, 1983.

    736,960
    Not For Sale
  • Suwanee Grove

    Sequoia in Suwanee Grove with Sillman Crest beyond.

    Pencil and white Prisma on toned pastel paper,        1983.

    680,960
    Not For Sale
  • Cahoon Grove

    Sequoia in a deep granite gully above the East Fork of the Kaweah River in Sequoia National Park, the last found grove, discovered in 1933.

    Pencil on cream-toned paper,  8.5 x 10.75 inches, 1983.

    1501,1170
    Not For Sale
  • South Fork Grove

    Evening on South Fork Grove, its sequoia spanning the slopes and drainage of the South Fork of the Kaweah River below an unnamed dome in Sequoia National Park.

    Pencil and white Prisma on toned pastel paper, 7.9 x 11.125 inches, 1983

    1351,960
    Not For Sale
  • Homers Nose Grove

    The sequoia of Homers Nose Grove on a steep, descending drainage below the twin domes of Homers Nose.

    Pencil and white Prisma on toned pastel paper, 8.75 x 11.5 inches, 1983.

    737,960
    Not For Sale
  • Surprise Grove

    Leaning sequoia in small Surprise Grove on west ridge of Homers Nose, a place accompanied with thick mats of ladybugs, poison-skinned amphibians and rattlesnakes.

    Pencil on cream-toned paper, 9 x 12 inches, 1983.

    756,960
    Not For Sale
  • Coffee Pot Canyon Grove

    Coffee Pot Canyon Grove, nestled well below the west granite ridge of Homers Nose.

    Pencil on cream-toned paper, 9 x 9 inches, 1983.

    1021,960
    Not For Sale
  • Garfield Grove

    Sequoia in Garfield Grove below the ragged granite of Dennison Ridge.

    Pencil and white Prisma on toned pastel paper, 8.75 x 11.5 inches, 1984.

    1259,960
    Not For Sale
  • McKinley Grove

    McKinley Grove with roadwork, waiting cars and logging truck.

    Pencil and felt-tip pen on paper, 7 x 9.75 inches, 1985.

    693,960
    Not For Sale
  • Boardcamp and South Fork

    Boardcamp Grove below granite ramparts along the eastern ridge of Homers Nose with South Fork Grove beyond and smoke from controlled burn in distant Garfield Grove.

    Pencil on paper, 7 x 9.75 inches, 1986.

    701,960
    Not For Sale
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Sequoia Directive

 

A selection of compositional sketches, drawings and sketch-based finished works gathered as a personal project to hike and draw in as many of the sequoia groves in the western slopes of the Sierra Neveda that I could reach, done between 1980 and 1986.  I eventually accumulated 1,000's of sketches and learned some sense of composition in the process--and still fondly recall wandering to these quiet, often little visited places, sleeping night to night in a new grove watching the great trees catch the last day's light and the first light of the next. Perhaps also, I came to feel familiar with some surviving essence of a grand Mesozoic carried into the present.

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