“The Last Mountain Man”

 

 

I am honored to have Frank Fowler as a friend.  We met in the army back in 1955 when we shared a pup tent during Operation Sagebrush, but that is another story.

 

Frank worked his way through college as a smoke jumper out in Montana.  Recently he wrote a book about those smoke jumping days and I encourage everyone to read it.  It is titled “High-mountain, Two-manner.”  Frank asked me to illustrate the dust cover and I was happy to do so.  You can see that illustration on my web site. 

 

A few weeks ago Frank sent me photos of a couple of old fire towers that he was charged with burning down because they are no longer needed with today’s technology and they are a potential liability. I was so impressed with the photos and the accompanying story that I dashed off three paintings.  I hope you like this one and I hope you order Frank’s book.

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