Things Gallery

Scratches in the paint on steel plate--blue turning to rust. But where did the yellow come from?

Tender Rivets

Western. The burnished history of once painted but now rusting steel. What is Western? White, Red, Blue, and Yellow in layers of history.

Western

Abstract color on old steel. Rivets and rivulets of fading color and paint.

Colorful History

Truck 2. An old delivery truck. Both decaying and awaiting potential restoration.

Truck 2

Stairs at the Fort. A granite spiral staircase.

Stairs at the Fort

Golden Motel. Route 66? The hotel is long gone, but the Golden Motel sign endures. No vacancy.

Golden Motel

Ranch Gas. Tractor fill-up. Lightning gas on a Western Montana cattle ranch.

Ranch Gas

Silo. A wooden grain silo sitting in repose of stalwart stength. Sadly, this silo is no longer standing--the historical is now history.

Silo

Roofbeams. A shed in a one time gold, silver, and lead mine in Montana.

Roofbeams

Loft #3 in the locally famous Gladding, McBean terracotta works. In this room, heated with the hot air of drying clay, were formed the terracotta shapes adorning the older buildings of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Loft #3

Organ Pipes 3. Bass notes. Pipe organ of St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol England.

Organ Pipes 3

Electric Shingles. The "shingles" are unrolled tin cans tacked to the side of this house in a California ghost town.

Electric Shingles

Fountain at the Espresso Bar. At the time this was photographed, the wall opposite this fountain was the entrance to The Espress Bar in Pasadena CA--the hangout of many art students. The tiles are Batchelder arts and crafts tiles--still beautiful.

Fountain at the Espresso Bar

Chief Martin's Ladder. A ladder in the basement of an old boy's reform school.

Chief Martin's Ladder

Cadillac Sweeper in a California ghost town.

Cadillac Sweeper

Circle Lines. Remember the day when this delivery truck made its rounds in the city?

Circle Lines

Beehive Kiln. One of the beautiful industrial kilns at Gladding, McBean terracotta works.

Beehive Kiln