This view of Mt. Washington is a simple walk across the road from Joe Dodge Lodge.  I sat in the late afternoon watching the grasses glistening in the pond.  Mt. Washington, always dramatic, changes colour with the clouds, the mists, and the seasons.  I've climbed it and painted it many times; however, I never tire of dramatic changes.  This is real stuff!

We climbed to Madison Hut for this image on a cold, wet, windy day.  Our first glimpse of the hut was this one, a welcome view with accompanying thoughts of warmth and food and a place to sleep.  Ah!

Eagle Lake, between the Greenleaf Hut and Mt. Lafayette, adds a quiet place for the eye to rest before the beyond-belief beauty of the massive mountain. I wanted to capture that blue that only the evening light, twilight brings.  The Guide Book describes this part of the ridge as a Gothic masterpiece; it suggests the ruins of a gigantic medieval cathedral.

Franconia Range, made up of Mts. Flume, Liberty, Little Haystack, Lincoln, and the highest point on the ridge, Lafayette, is a wild edge that circles west of the Pemigewasset Wilderness.  The first time I hiked this rim, the rain blew horizontally and I could barely make my way. I usually take only watercolours when hiking hut to hut as they are quick to do when in alpine, arctic conditions.  This painting was mostly formed before the hut crew served breakfast.  I finished the painting in my studio.