Website Notes & Truckee Tunnels / Snowsheds

Okay, looks like I might be working on my site–finally!–after a number of years.

I came up with a simple design and have resolved the issue of how to sell my work online.

I was going to use a site such as Fine Art America to sell my work, and I may still do that, but I prefer to control all aspects of how my work is produced.

As a professional fine art framer in my home town of Reno, Nevada, I have the ability to print and frame my own work.

I prefer to sell my work at local craft fairs where it’s fun to be able to meet and talk with y’all who are interested in my work. Of course, each photo has a story–and its fun to learn from y’all as well. I receive valuable feedback and learn about new places to explore in the western U.S.

So at the top of my Gallery Page you’ll find instructions for how to order prints directly from me. I’ll provide a photo of some common frame moldings and options for UV glass (‘clear’ or ‘museum’ for smaller prints) and plastic for larger ones. (I’m working on this…8/13/2022.)

Closing out this first post, below is a shot from a recent visit to what’s known locally as the Truckee Snowsheds. They are actually the abandoned Union Pacific railroad snowsheds and tunnels that cross Donner Summit in the Sierra. The tunnels, not seen in this photo, were hand dug by Chinese laborers in the 1860s for the First Transcontinental Railroad. Wooden snowsheds were added later and later still–because the wooden sheds often caught fire due to sparks from passing steam engines–concrete sheds, seen below, replaced the wood ones. The lady in the photo is a colleague at Nevada Fine Arts in Reno.