A big remodel and updated artwork at MacKenzie River Pizza in downtown Bozeman

Location: Maudlow, MT -  Northern Bridger Range, Sixteen Mile Creek

OPEN EDITION

May 11th, 2024 12:35 am

I was extremely excited, and pleasantly surprised to see how many people were able to get out and see this last absolutely unbelievable display of the northern lights! Not only here in Montana but all over North America and the world, it was a sight to behold! 

I follow several Aurora Borealis websites to keep an eye on when there are possible chances for a flare up to go out and take some photos. And, along with the excitement of everyone else, it seemed like this was going to be a big one.

I loaded up the camper and all my gear to head north, trying to find a good location that would give me the best possibility of seeing the Northern Lights again, not only from absence of city lights, but also the absence of people and wandering car lights. With a little due-diligence and studying of my trusted-heavily-marked-on and-falling apart Montana Gazetteer maps, I was able to find just what I was looking for out at at the old Maudlow Schoolhouse on 16 Mile Creek. The intact though decrepit school house from 1909 still has the old teeter totters, swings, and basketball hoops still up in the playground. It is such a beautiful place in time, that you can almost hear the children still laughing and playing in the distance. 

With no cell service, and no one else around, I could hear the roaring spring waters of 16 mile Creek in the distance as I sat and watched the mind blowing dance of colors throughout the night. It was such an amazing experience, that I really had a hard time keeping myself focused on just taking photos, and ended up just laying down in the grass and watching the dancing show for the rest of the night into the early morning before crawling back in the camper for a couple hours of sleep.

 
"Hoop Dreams Under the Stars" -  Maudlow, MT

"School District 91" Maudlow, MT

Recently finished installing this large 45"x55" standard format canvas print for a client. They wanted it to fit perfectly above their fireplace, so we made a custom crop of the Canary Springs image from the Mammoth Terrace in Yellowstone National Park in order to include a little bit of the Milky Way that is in the panorama format of the print. Very happy with how it turned out, and more importantly, so were they...

45"x55" version of "Canary Springs Under the Northern Lights"

1.5" thick satin canvas gallery wrap

Rendering of the install location (forgot to take an actual pic of the install)