Refinery Update

With another semester completed, I have some new images from the refinery project. Please click on the images for a better view. Starting with: Rebar Pipe

Shoe

Outhouse

Chevron

Doorway

East Side of Production

Taggage

Taggage

Still Life One

Still Life Two

Team

Stick on the Wall

Gub

Eye

Jake

Alien

Barrels

Pink Ghosts

Red Cross

Goggles

Oil Slick

Phillips 66

Green Ghosts

Ghost Train

I've been working on school assignments exclusively for the last couple of weeks; of these, one of my personal favorites is the image below. I want to thank Paul Harrison, Mike Zook, and the rest of the Parks and Recreation Department of the City of Laramie, along with Larry Ostresh and Jerry Hanson and the Laramie Railroad Depot Association for their help and support for this project. I also want to thank everyone who loaned me the floodlights - this might have looked a little weird with just the lights inside the train.
For those who are unaware, the park is lined on the east side by old and tall trees. Further, there is only only one streetlight across the street, the effect of which is seen on the fence near the boiler, (blueish light). This image is slightly altered; I "removed" the graffiti, and the expanding foam from the engine.

Please click on the image for a larger view.
A little technical information: I used fourteen light fixtures inside the train, plus one in front for the headlamp. I used six 2x 500-watt worklights outside to light the scene. 

Below are five more images from the refinery project.

New images from the Refinery

Standard Production

StillRose

Blue Power

RCA Victor

Vanity

New Year, New Projects, New Discoveries

The new year has started off with a bang... School has started again, my first solo exhibition, and two projects running concurrently. As I mentioned last week, I've got my first solo exhibition that runs through the end of February at The Cavalryman Restaurant here in Laramie; make your reservations for Valentines Day! I'm still working on The Civic Center project; I'll be posting more soon. But, I've got another exciting project in the works - the old Midwest/Standard refinery on North Cedar Street. The Laramie Rivers Conservation District, (LRCD), recently purchased the property and are planning to clean up the site. I want to take this opportunity to thank Tony Hoch, and the LRCD for allowing me to access and document the site as it sits today, and through the renovation/reclamation process. For more information about the LRCD, visit their web site at :  http://www.lrcd.net
The following six images are from my initial visits to the site. The first is probably one of the most familiar views, as anyone who has driven by knows. The second, third, fourth, and fifth are images taken inside the large green structure on the second floor. The last image is of one of the larger, intact structures on the property.

Midwest/Standard Refinery

The main building.

On the second floor.

On the second floor, looking through one of the broken floor boards at the concrete wall below.

Also on the second floor; again looking through a broken floor board.

Another view of the floor.

"Funnhouse"

Cavalryman Restaurant Exhibition

Last night was my first solo exhibition at the Cavalryman Restaurant here in Laramie. Below are five quick shots of the room before the reception. This show runs through the end of February.