Going nuts with work. Grab sketch gear. Grab water. Drive to end of earth.

Okay, maybe not THE end, but close enough. I found a dirt road that was suitable only for my jeep:  Rocks, very narrow in places with occasional steep drop offs to one side of the jeep or the other. Cool. It’s been too long since my jeep and I have enjoyed the solitude of a remote trail. There were not any recent tire tracks from other vehicles. Nice. It was scenic, but not dramatically pretty. The road is used by the Forest Service to fight fires and by the power company to service large power transmission towers. There were also signs of bird hunting (spent shotgun shells). Still, it was quiet and off the beaten path. My jeep thanked me for getting it off pavement. I drew its portrait, then drove home, refreshed.

FYI:  That’s Superstition Mountains and Weaver’s Needle in the distance.

Happy Trails

My jeep along Fire Road 285 north of Phoenix (watercolor, 7x5in, 2011)

A “ghost” town. At least it almost was when I first visited it as a kid back in the 60s. Now it has an arts and crafts vibe. Had a nice lunch with my friends at Grape’s. Jerome has the usual Southwestern arts and craps, but there is some really good work, too. Keep walking past the glitz and you will find nice examples of Western landscape and urban painting.

Cody DeLong
300 Hull Ave, Suite 1, Jerome Arizona.
(inside the Merchants Gathering)
Phone – 928-300-4576

David A. Haskell
Canyon Fine Art Gallery,
Old Jerome High School Gallery/studio Complex
Highway 89, Jerome, AZ.
Phone   928-499-4074

Finally, an oil painting. This is a view of the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix.

Superstition Mountains (oil on board, 10x8in, 2011)