Odessa
After a railway had reached El Paso in the 1880s, a sleepy cattle town grew outward across a dusty plain, Grant and Texas avenues, a place changed by energy, where effort and determination resulted in houses and opportunities.
Marfa
From Odessa, Marfa is close but not too close.
Church
New Sweden, Texas
Pumpjack
Odessa, Texas
Way Out
What will we do with all of these photos we’ve taken? Gathering new ones takes less time than sifting through our current lot, and how many images of the same vintage motel sign do we need?
Writing
The ability to write is a sturdy boat on rough seas.
Lessen Suffering
Why we start businesses is similar to why we write songs if the reason is to lessen suffering. Reducing suffering is the closest thing I’ve found to a philosophy of everything.
New Monochrome
With a print, I’ll sit with a two-dimensional surface and see tonal variations throughout. I’ll eye lines and shapes and bring meaning to what’s constructed inside my mind.
Corrugated
Rust covers metal as a blacktop marks an arid plain, tubbing stretches over powdery caleche, mesquites surround valved pumpjacks, and a pickup passes roadside debris outside town.
Pre-2000
Film photography was a folk art. People wrote with light, and shutters drew simple moments into dark boxes.
Blues Country
Navasota, Texas
Cafe
Goldsmith, Texas
More Art
It takes a beginning to end and ending, and in the end, there’ll be even more.
Gas Station
Vega, Texas
Highway 302
West Odessa, Texas
Theater and Courthouse
Marfa, Texas
Westbound local
Penwell, Texas
Standing at the center of it all
Stone clock towers, arched windows, and decorative ornamentation—courthouses center rural counties.
Queen Theater
Bryan, Texas
Main Street
White Deer, Texas