Persistence of Vision / West of the Mississippi
Ernie Adams (left) and Gene Tweedy (right) with two of the six 11/16 scale “dwarf cars” built from scratch in Adams’ Dwarf Car Museum. Maricopa, Arizona. 2021.
Pete Barajas in front of his home, a former general store and post office along the Union Pacific transcontinental rail line. Granite, Wyoming. 2023
Harrod Blank, filmmaker, curator, “killer clown” character and creator and collector of art cars with his “Camera Van,” covered with 1,705 cameras. Douglas, Arizona. 2021.
Mark “Scrapdaddy” Bradford riding his self-powered “Peacemaker-No War” sculpture. Houston, Texas. 2023.
Gary Brewer, high atop his home. San Augustine, Texas. 2025.
Phil Brinkley with his Stegosaurus sculpture at his Jurassic Art site. Wichita, Kansas. 2025.
Bruce Campbell perched in the No. 2 engine nacelle of his 1969 Boeing 727-200 airplane home. Hillsboro, Oregon. 2023.
Bruce Campbell relaxing in the cockpit of his Boeing 727 airplane home. Hillsboro, Oregon. 2021.
Dominic Cano Espinoza in front of “Cano’s Castle,” the home he built with inspiration from Buddhist temples he saw while serving in Vietnam. Antonito, Colorado. 2020.
Mel Gould in his sculpture yard along I-80. East of Cheyenne, Wyoming. 2014.
Mel Gould standing in his workshop built from a horizontal silo buried 20 feet beneath the ground. East of Cheyenne, Wyoming. 2014.
Vince Hannemann, creator of the “Cathedral of Junk.” Austin, Texas. 2020.
Kurt Hughes looking out over the Columbia River from his Lunar Lander tiny home. Beverly, Washington. 2021.
Leonard Knight giving two thumbs-up inside Salvation Mountain. Niland, California. 2010.
Leonard Knight, nearly blind and deaf, after moving into town from Salvation Mountain. Niland, California. 2011.
Juanita Leonard at the altar of her church. Montgomery, Louisiana. 2019.
M.T. Liggett casts a skeptical look in his workshop. Mullinville, Kansas. 2010.
A small number of 100’s of M.T. Liggett sculptures, including on the left, Liggett’s Commentary on Senator Ted Kennedy’s Chappaquiddick incident in 1969. In the center is Liggett’s scathing critique of the handling of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas in 1993, likening it to the Holocaust. Mullinville, Kansas. 2020.
Isaac Long outside his home. Houston, Texas. 2023.
Isaac Long. Houston, Texas. 2024.
Robert “Bob” Mix with his “Real Supersonic Espresso Bugsucker Machine.” Great Bend, Kansas. 2023.
Terry “Tunes” Parks with his Texas Longhorn sculpture. Liberty Hill, Texas. 2022.
Jonas Perkins in his studio. Near Luckenbach, Texas. 2025.
George Peters (my second cousin) and his partner Melanie Walker at their home and Studio. Boulder, Colorado. 2025.
Jim Phillips, aka “Antler Man,” standing among his collection of more than 15,000 elk, deer, and bison sheds. Three Forks, Montana. 2020.
Harley Russell presiding and entertaining visitors at his Sandhill Curiosity Shop. Erick, Oklahoma. 2022.
Roy Smith at the gate to home. Saguache, Colorado. 2022.
Roy Smith sitting among objects in his compound, “Royville.” Outside Saguache, Colorado. 2020.
House at “Thunder Mountain,” home of Chief Rolling Thunder (Frank Van Zant) and his family. Imlay, Nevada. 2011.