Trees of the American West
Resilient & Enduring
Trees have always fascinated me. Bent by wind, scarred by fire, shaped by drought, or standing quietly through the changing seasons, each carries a story written by time.
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Etched in Time Onion Creek — Near Moab, Utah / An ancient tree reaches across an equally ancient wall of stone, both sculpted by time, drought, wind, and weather. In monochrome, tree and canyon seem almost carved from the same surface—two survivors, each carrying the marks of time. Honorable Mention — Utah State Fair IPPA: Merit Image Professional Photographers of America Limited Edition • Signed & Numbered
Medusa Aspens Soapstone Basin — Uinta Mountains, Utah Landscape Orientation A tangled forest of bare aspens twists and reaches in every direction, their branches intertwining like the serpentine hair of Medusa. Stripped of autumn color, the grove becomes a study of line, texture, and beautiful chaos—nature drawing in black and white. Limited Edition • Signed & Numbered
First Snow on Fall Leaves — La Sal Range Warner Lake — Near Moab, Utah The season changes in a single night as the first snow settles over brilliant autumn leaves beneath Utah’s La Sal Mountains—a fleeting intersection of fall and winter when two seasons share the landscape. 2025 Springville Museum of Art — Salon 101 Limited Edition • Signed & Numbered
Lichen & Lace On Aspen Rob’s Trail — Park City, Utah / Image number is title. As we bid farewell to the leaves, the aspens reveal another kind of beauty—lichen brush strokes on ivory bark, and limbs bidding goodbye to summer. Limited Edition • Signed & Numbered
Aspen Family Rob’s Trail — Park City, Utah Three aspens stand together among the summer green—a simple portrait of family, connection, and life in the mountains. Limited Edition • Signed & Numbered
Medusa Aspens - Portrait Orientation Soapstone Basin — Uinta Mountains, Utah Landscape Orientation A tangled forest of bare aspens twists and reaches in every direction, their branches intertwining like the serpentine hair of Medusa. Stripped of autumn color, the grove becomes a study of line, texture, and beautiful chaos—nature drawing in black and white. Limited Edition • Signed & Numbered
Lonely Pinyon Pine #1 Summer Thunderstorm / Dead Horse Point State Park — Utah Centuries old and rooted in exposed bedrock, this solitary pinyon has drawn me back dozens of times. Through storms, snow, and star-filled nights, it remains—a quiet metaphor for resilience, solitude, and time. Limited Edition • Signed & Numbered
Lonely Pinyon Pine - Summer Thunderstorm / A Study in Monochrome / Dead Horse Point State Park — Utah Centuries old and rooted in exposed bedrock, this solitary pinyon has drawn me back dozens of times. Through storms, snow, and star-filled nights, it remains—a quiet metaphor for resilience, solitude, and time. Limited Edition • Signed & Numbered
Lonely Pinyon Pine #2 / Snowy Morning / A Study in Monochrome / Dead Horse Point State Park — Utah Centuries old and rooted in exposed bedrock, this solitary pinyon has drawn me back dozens of times. Through storms, snow, and star-filled nights, it remains—a quiet metaphor for resilience, solitude, and time. Limited Edition • Signed & Numbered
Lonely Pinyon Pine #2 / Snowy Morning / Dead Horse Point State Park — Utah Centuries old and rooted in exposed bedrock, this solitary pinyon has drawn me back dozens of times. Through storms, snow, and star-filled nights, it remains—a quiet metaphor for resilience, solitude, and time. Limited Edition • Signed & Numbered
Lonely Pinyon Pine:Sunrise / Dead Horse Point State Park — Utah A centuries-old pinyon stands alone above Dead Horse Point, illuminated beneath the night sky. I have returned to this tree dozens of times—through storms, snow, and star-filled nights—drawn by its solitude, resilience, and the stories it might tell. Limited Edition • Signed & Numbered
Lonely Pinyon Pine Moonlit / Dead Horse Point State Park — Utah A centuries-old pinyon stands alone above Dead Horse Point, illuminated beneath the night sky. I have returned to this tree dozens of times—through storms, snow, and star-filled nights—drawn by its solitude, resilience, and the stories it might tell. Limited Edition • Signed & Numbered
Crowned in Frost Tremonton, Utah Winter transforms the landscape fros and ice. A surreal scene with the familiar into something delicate and almost otherworldly. — Image of Excellence Limited Edition • Signed & Numbered
Balancing Act Canyonlands National Park — Utah An ancient pinyon pine clings to the edge of a Canyonlands cliff—one leg anchored in stone, the other seemingly balanced over the abyss. Twisted by wind and etched by sand, it stands as a quiet testament to resilience and survival. 2026 Springville Museum of Art — Salon 102 / First Place — Utah State Fair - Black and White / Limited Edition • Signed & Numbered
