The Pacific NW is a region that extends from Northern California through Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, and inland to Idaho. The land we see today in the Pacific NW is the result of the breakup and collision of giant continents, the rise and fall of ancient ocean basins and lakes, uplift and wearing down of mountain ranges, floods of molten lava, and continental glaciers of the Ice Ages. The sedimentary deposits from the ancient lakes and seabeds that covered the Pacific NW provide a rich fossil record dating back more than 500 million years.

Mt. Hood Rock Club (501-3C non-profit) was founded in 1952 for the purpose of bringing together those that have an interest in the collection and identification of rocks, gems, minerals, petrified wood and fossils.

My daughter, Erika is a a Visual Artist and Educator. She specializes in digital imaging, photography, education and fine art printing in the Bay Area. An early advocate of the creative digital domain, she has been teaching and presenting electronic arts and photography at the institutional, organizational and individual levels nationwide since 1996. She is currently full-time faculty at City College of San Francisco, California. She is a living model for many of my pieces!