Colorado, Utah and New Mexico ~ July 2013

The first ever Schacht loom - handbuilt in 1969 - Tapestry Loom.

Joe putting a driveband on a 24" Reeves wheel

Boat Shuttles Drying, Schacht Spindle Company, Boulder, Colorado

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Arches National Park, Utah

Pine Tree Arch, Arches National Park, Utah

Double rainbow at sunset - Devil's Garden Campground, Arches National Park, Utah

Newspaper Rock, Utah

Newspaper Rock, Utah

Castle Rock, Utah

Sandia and Manzano Mountains, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Mission Church, Pecos National Monument, New Mexico

Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico

From the archives...color inspiration

Clayton, NY

Inspiration Notebook 7

Blues & Oranges

Georgia O'Keefe Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico 1930
Georgia O'Keefe Museum

Inspiration Notebook 6

Olive, yellow, mint, and grey-purple.

Vincent Van Gogh, Cypresses 1889
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, NY 49.30

Inspiration Notebook 5

Grey, white, orange, black.

Sean Scully, Gabriel 1993
Col·lecció d'Art Contemporani, Fundació ''La Caixa'', Barcelona

Inspiration Notebook 4

Yellow, greens, and purple greys.

Euphemia White Van Rensselaer by George P.A. Healy. 1842
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY 23.102

Inspiration Notebook 3

Walton Ford, Tale of Johnny Nutkin 2001
hardground and softground etching, aquatint, spit-bite aquatint, and drypoint

Inspiration Notebook 2

Alex Katz, Big Red Smile

Inspiration Notebook 1

Greens, yellows, & browns with a bit of orange

Van Gogh, The Church at Auvers, 1890
Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Orange, brown, & periwinkle/grey

Gustave Baumann, Cottonwood Tassels 1943
 woodcut

Gold, chestnut, & black

Fayum Mummy Portrait, 2nd century

Dark plum, gold, jewel tones, and pearl.

Empress Theodora mosaic, 6th century
Basilica of San Vitale