Finely detailed portraits characterize "The Mountain Men" and "Desert Profiles." Drawing upon personal experiences at the Fort Bridger, Wyoming Rendezvous and a five-year stay in Saudi Arabia, Merlene Ransdell uses pencil and oil to look into the faces (and souls) of these unique and interesting individuals.

Photographic images from Alaska to Arizona, White Sands to Mesa Verde, the East Coast to Monument Valley; landscape photographs, urban photographs, black & white photographs, odd and different photographs. Architecture and nature are favorite subjects.