As alot of you know, I haven’t done much shooting in the past year due to health reasons. However this changed in February when my wife, Teresa and my daughter, Nikki, headed down to New Mexico to burn up some film for a new book called “Sacred Seasons”, all about the southwest. From that trip, Il have images from White Sands, the Gila Cliff Dwellings, The Petroglyph National Monument and more. I returned ten days later with my friend, Mark, to photograph a wonderful little church at the Picuris Pueblo. Here I was able to produce four images in four minutes that I was happy with, just before sunset. Then I found an old negative, 35mm, of the Taos Pueblo church, from the same day I shot “The Sacred Season”, the pueblo in the snow. I now have enough material for a show to be held at our new gallery in ol’ Litttleton, April 28, 29, 30 and May 1st, one not to miss. It’s been almost a year and 1/3 since I’ve shown new images. It feels good. Wait til you see the light in this collection.

Also we are holding a VOTE to see what your favorite image of mine is. We are going back to the beginning (1986), to the years of the buffalo and other wildlife images. You get a #1 and #2 vote. We’ll run it through the first part of June. Someone who votes will receive a $200 gift certificate.You can cast your vote at the gallery in person, you can call us, or you can go to FACEBOOK in the comment section. This is going to be fun. Going back over the years. Maybe you want to wait and see the new images. I would. Thanks.

On February 26th, 2010 I will be heading east from Denver to exhibit at the Southern Spring Home and Garden Show in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is the 22nd time I’ve driven the 1600 mile journey through Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee and finally into North Carolina. Twice on this trip I’ve blown transmissions. Weather’s always an issue. But I come to
North Carolina because of my dedicated clientel there and lots of friends I’ve met over the years. Also the Zimmermans., who run the show, are great
people to work with. See you soon Charlotte !

Many of you knew that our daughter Leanne was expecting. Well, on Thursday,
June 4th, 2009, aat 2:58 PM, Leanne gave birth to Jude Jackson Marquez. A big boy, he is,10 lbs. 13 oz. and 22″ long. This is our first grandchild. We’re very proud of our daughter.

This weekend I’ll be doing my annual show at Roxborough Park. This year it will be at JP’s Bistro in the Safeway Shopping Center. On Friday, June 12th, I’ll be releasing a new Roxborough photograph called “The Land We’ve Come To Know and Love”. If you’re in the area, stop by. The third weekend in June, we’re going back to Parker, to give that festival another try.