STANDING WATCH by Jon Crane--Fine Art Watercolors sage while walking along Castle Creek

while walking along Castle Creek near his residence

When painting “Chores Can Wait”

When the Miners went to town they always had to save a dollar for the toll

“Test of Time” was a result of that visit

In “Chatting on Line” he recreates this memory using Black-capped Chickadees from his bird feeder in the Black Hills and his friends’ clothesline and clothespins on a Baja Beach

STANDING WATCH by Jon Crane--Fine Art Watercolors sage while walking along Castle CreekThree images in this series feature the fire tower at the top of Black Elk Peak, but this is the primary close up. It features the main entrance that most hikers see on approach, including the stairs that lead to the top. In the foreground, this view also captures the memorial to Valentine McGillycuddy, a topographer and surgeon for the US Boundary Service Commission, whose ashes are interred there. The memorial includes a small sign that reads,