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Twigs and Leaves - Waynesville, NC 

Mallory Fine Art - Abingdon, VA  

128 Pecan - Abingdon, VA - Mallory Fine Art satellite gallery

RiverMill Art Gallery - Westfield, NJ 

The Art Association of Harrisburg, PA 

Robin's on Roan - Johnson City, TN 

Gallery Nuance - Knoxville TN 

Smoky Mountain Art - Gatlinburg, TN 

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 Rocky Trails (the AT as you climb over Jane Bald on the way to the goats)

Roan Mountain is one of my favorite locations for hiking and making images though it does seem to have its own weather patterns. 

On one of my trips this July the wind was calm as I drove up the mountain to Carver's Gap.  Or at least it was until I was about a mile high in elevation when all of a sudden gale-force winds were buffeting my car.  The wind was so strong I could barely open the car door and the wind-chill was in the 30s.  Since I had gotten up early to be there before dawn I decided to still make the hike to see the goats.  Though the weather impacted my ability to make goat images - any day on The Roan is a good day.       
 

Making images of the goats is challenging but fun.  The weather, location of their paddock, and thickness/height of the vegetation all play a factor.  After numerous trips throughout the summer the elements all came together in late August and I made the hike across the balds three out of the next four days.  
 

One of my favorite images is this one of BigDog lying on a large boulder surrounded by some of the goats he guards.  Behind him is a white AT blaze painted on the boulder that marks a previous location of the Trail and the mountains of North Carolina are in the distance.
 

 Appalachian Trail Mix

Nelson is one of two goats that I added to my Goats of Roan collection this year. 

 Nelson

The second goat was Pippi.  There are three images of Pippi - I couldn't choose just one.  Pippi is a new addition to the herd.  Her mother is a Swiss angora and her father a Turkish milk goat.  Her expressions are priceless.

The Three Faces of Pippi - Serene 

The Three Faces of Pippi - Delight 
 

The Three Faces of Pippi - Bliss 

To see the Goats of Roan collection click here.

I will be giving a talk titled The Camera, Technology and Art at Eastern Tennessee State University's Kingsport Alliance for Continued Learning.  It is scheduled for Thursday November 20th, from 10am until noon. 

The first photograph was made in 1826.  The camera, and the processes for making prints, have gone through many changes over the past 189 years.   From wooden boxes and light sensitive paper to mirror-less digital cameras, and from chemical darkrooms to Photoshop, photographers have striven to use these changing technologies to make art.  I will be highlighting the changing technologies and their impact on the art of the photograph.    

ETSU at Kingsport Allandale Campus, 1501 University Blvd. Kingsport, Tennessee 37660.  423-392-8000