The Story...

Until the fall of 1999, I had never been to Yellowstone National Park. Partially due to the crowds and partially due to it's difficulty to get to (for a Californian).  My wife and I finally decided to go in September of 1999.

Artistically, I thought the proposition of drawing stinky geysers difficult and unappealing.  I like to draw mountains and rocky terrains and was grumbling about my drawings prospects before we left. Obviously, I was wrong.  I found Yellowstone, teaming with wildlife, with spectacular vistas, and those "stinky" geysers... were magnificent.