Thomas Fire
Ojai, CA 12/11–17/2017:
Hwy 150 West
Rice Road River 8pm 12/11
Rice Road River 8pm 12/11
Rice Road River View
Rice Road River 12/14
Rancho Matilija 1
Rancho Matilija 2
Fairview
Burnt Sycamore
Burnt Aloe
Burnt Avocado
Gridley Traildead
Gridley Trail
Gridley Rd.
Shelf Rd.
East End
Hwy 150 E
Below Hwy 150 E
Hwy 150 East
12/18-21/2017:
view from top "of the scrubland"
view from top of De La Garigue
singed edge of Taft gardens
Rabbit and mountain lion tracks
Hills of Hwy 150
Hwy 150 W
View from top of Hwy 150 W
Casitas Lake from 150
Boat launch as seen from 150
A road that used to be underwater at Lake Casitas
1/4/2018:
Highway 33 tunnel
Highway 33
hills painted resistant with red retardant
ceanothus with red
"4. Satan will try to take make us weary in well doing"
The Power of Simple Prayer
Matilija creek bed
Matilija spiral
Matilija dam
mirror mirror on the ground...
Atlas of Thomas: mixed media sculpture made with collected remnants from the Thomas Fire, 2017
Regeneration: photos taken Spring 2018, following the December 2017 Thomas Fire in Ojai, CA, 4/22, 23, 26/2018:
Hwy 150
View from top of De La Garigue
Towards Taft Gardens
Sycamore and Oak regeneration
New growth on an old oak
New growth on an old oak
Roadside Lupine
Pacific Pea
Fennel
Ojai river bed off Rice road
Hwy 33 North orange grove
Towards Matilija Canyon
Matilija Dam
Hwy 150 East
As seen from 150 E
Lake Casitas and Topa Topas from 150
150 E hillside
East End hillside
East End avocados,mustard, and lupine in bloom
Gridley Trail
Hwy 150 W towards Upper Ojai