Thursday, November 05, 2009

Short Pump, Virginia

It is good reconnecting with my friend Ole Giese. Born in Sweden, he worked in Southeast Asia and Africa before settling and retiring in Short Pump. He's an exceptional artist working on becoming a writer.

Pebble Beach Sandbar
Mississippi River above Memphis, Arkansas side
[October 24, 2009]

Elizabeth Alley sketching on a sandbar along the Mississippi River during a recent canoe trip (see Oct. 24, 2009 post). This particular bar is composed of rock from as far up river as the Canadian Shield and 350 million year old fossil Crinoids from the Mississippian period. Below is ...
Photographs taken with a Leica M8


Sketch by Elizabeth Alley
... the sketch Elizabeth was working on. For more of her work see: sketchwork.blogspot.com/.


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