Tuesday, October 2, 2007

"Minnesota Splake" Illustration


In Minnesota's cold waters we have two native trout/char species, the Brook trout and Lake trout. The Splake (Salvelinus namaycush X Salvelinus fontinalis) is a crossbreed of the male Brookie and the female Laker. I completed this rendering of a Splake in colored pencil a few years ago... in preparation for the MN DNR trout stamp competition.

Las Vegas 1000 Mile Loop

My wife and I recently flew to Vegas and rented a car for 5 days. We drove to the Hoover dam, stayed in historic Williams, spent a day on th...