New Spring Leaves Peek Out

Spring Bulb Garden

Round Food Objects

Award Reflection and Sticker Post

Harvey Dunn, Water Pump

Water Pump

Water Pump, Detail

Pully and Corn Picker Arm

Harvey Dunn, Picking Rock

Harvey Dunn, The Prairie Is My Garden

The Prairie Is My Garden, Detail

The Prairie Is My Garden

Harvey Dunn, 1884-1952, was educated and taught at South Dakota State, and attended the Chicago Art Institute. A student of Howard Pyle, he worked as an illustrator for nationally distributed magazines such as Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Harpers and others while living in New York and New Jersey. The War Department hired him during World War I along with seven other noted illustrators to paint and sketch what they saw of the war across Europe. Following the war he continued to do illustration and to teach at art schools. He is perhaps the most famous artist from South Dakota, but few people outside SD have heard of him. The painting above is his best known work. To learn more just Google his name.

Work Found at South Dakota Art Museum

This is a Termisphere created by Richard Termis of Rapid City, SD

The pottery is by Michael Hill

Oscar Howe, Sailing and Women Seed Player

Oscar Howe, Children At Play

Oscar Howe (1915-1983) South Dakota Artist

Machinery, Custom Chevy and CP Train

Frisbee Golf and Ice Falls

Terrace Park

Ice Coated Trees and Crows

Ice and Snow in the Park

Shadows and Railings

Winter Benches

Substation and Pigs in Ice

Ice Coated Trees

More Railroad Graffiti

I was lucky enough to be the first car at a RR crossing as this train of grain cars flew past. Perhaps grain elevators are shipping last fall's harvest east to the Mississippi River for shipment around the world. Some graffiti artists make these trains more interesting, but many just make a mess.

Flying Saucer Reflections

Brownstone and Prairie Hills

The interesting thing about Prairie Hills is that there are no hills anywhere near here. New residential developments must come up with a name, and sometimes it is just silly. Usually it is what was removed to build houses, but in this case only Prairie was eliminated as there never were any hills.

Ladder Truck