Creeping juniper in fading winter light
The Fairbanks area received three to four inches of new snow last night and today, one of the most significant snowfalls we’ve had this winter. Here is a photo of a creeping juniper (Juniperus...
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Remnants of F.E. Company housing line Illinois Street
For more than 30 years, the Fairbanks Exploration Company maintained a small company enclave at the north end of Illinois Street. The west side of the street was where the company’s office and...
Artistic guide to Interior Alaska historic sites project at 80% funding. 14 days till end of Kickstarter campaign. Pledge now.
If you are interested in art, if you are interested in preserving local history, if you are interested in educating people about our Alaska heritage, please help me publish this guide book It will...
Found Art – Iron and Snow
I’m always on the look-out for the broken or forgotten implement, that by its juxtaposition in the natural world makes a statement to me. I found this whatchamacallit next to the power plant downtown....
And now for something completely different – Boreal Dragons
Boreal Dragons are friendly, especially if you share your food with them This is a drawing I made for my son when he was about six years old. I was going to do a...
Drawing of Kolmakovskly Redount at University of Alaska
Several months ago I did a post on the reconstructed Kolmakovsky Redoubt (a structure from the Russian=Ameican era of Alaska history. I recently did a drawing of the blockhouse and revised and expanded the...
Drawing of raven tree along College Road
There is an ancient birch tree along College Road near the fairgrounds here in Fairbanks. The top of the tree long ago broke off, and the lowest branches are missing. (The lower branch in...
“Interior Sketches” guide to Interior Alaska historic sites – A Kickstarter project
For the past year, readers of my newspaper column (which appears in my blog as the pen and ink drawings and historical essays) have been urging me to publish a book. I have checked...
More old Fairbanks houses in the way of progress
The two cabins shown in the photographs are located at the corner of Third Street and the Steese Expressway here in Fairbanks. The first cabin is nothing special–made with milled logs. The second cabin...
Patterns on my snowy deck
We got fresh snow yesterday. I like how the new snow hides the blemishes in my DIY project and unifies everything. Almost makes it artistic.
