Yellowstone River by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                   Yellowstone National Park
You go down a flight of stairs, past a small falls to a sand bar along the river. I shared this view with 300 park visitors from Japan, and Germany. The park is jam packed with people. You can hike away from all the people , but you gain bears that view you as a food source.

Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Upper Iowa River by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                          Kendalville, Iowa

Conch Shell by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

This conch shell sat on a shelf in my parents library for years. It is amazing to see it intact after all the football and rough housing we did in the house when my Mother was gone. Most of my Moms cherished items have been super glued in time before she entered the home. Every time she got back she would ask us what we had broken. Our super gluing skills had become flawless.

Tulip Oak Leaf Rhino Photogram by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Upper Iowa River by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                             Decorah, Iowa

Sunken Boat on the Wapsi by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

This is a sunken boat just off my Aunts dock in Independence, Iowa. I don't know the story on this boat. If it was one of their boats, or if it drifted in during a flood.

Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Pink Eye Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Panoramic Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Black Canyon of the Yellowstone by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Hiking the trail along the Yellowstone River we came to a heavy carrion smell or bear sign. We felt something watching us in the bushes along the river. We had these silly bells lashed to our packs, they swayed back and forth making noise. A week before someone had been attacked by a grizzly on this trail. We went a little further down the trail, and decided to turn around and head back to the trail head. 

Upper Iowa River by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Poem from the book {Bunny Hop} by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                   Still waters, whitewater

         Riding the elevator of ocean waves

Sailing out there somewhere where the sea is blue

 The sea so blue, except where the pirates pee.

Poem from the book {Bunny Hop} by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas