New Harmony, Utah
Gateway to Bryce Canyon
We started out from Santa Maria, our first night was in St. George, Utah. The next morning, we met Bob and Byron in New Harmony.
Their beautiful home was nestled in the trees, across the brook in this little settlement that is still very quiet and and pristine.
They graciously invited Clarence and me inside where there was a stunning collection of Vern Parker art. Throughout the house,the western art of Parker resounded. Bob took the pictures from wall, placed them in the sunlight, and I captured the western scenes and Indian portraits to take home with me. All paintings were beautifully framed. I cropped them for proportion's sake.
  
Buffalo Brave Brave with Two Feather Head Dress Brave with Turquoise Jewelry
 
Meeting on the Trail Along the Trail
Ranch Hands After a Day's Work
 
Nighttime Gathering Mustang Indian Pony
 
Byron & Bob Joanna & Friends
Buffalo Trails Trading Post
On Highway 9 to Zion National Park
Virgin, Utah
Following New Harmony, we followed Bob to Buffalo Trails Trading Post, on Highway 9 to Zion National Park.
Again an incredible collection of Vern Parker art. Again, Bob's generous time spent to display the paintings
so I could photograph them. Again, all the paintings were beautifully framed. Cropping was done to retain
proportion.
Buffalo Trails Trading Post
 
Tagging Along Packing on the Trail
 
Night Rider Border Crossing
In the Dining Room of the Trading Post Was a Group of Smaller Paintings. They Ranged from 8" by 10" to 12" by 18."
Below, They Can Be Seen as a Group as Well as Individually.
 
Resting on the Trail At the Campfire
 
At the Trading Post Mountain Trail
Also on Display Were Two Small Paintings
 
Appaloosa Indian Pony Longhorned Cattle
Note: Nearly all of the Parker paintings in this collection were titled by him. They also establish him in Tucson, Arizona from 1974 to 1978.
 
Displayed in the Dining Room above the Door, this Charming Scene of a Western Town Painted on Old Barn Wood.
The Horses' Heads Are Framed in Old Horseshoes. The Roadrunner Carving is Also on Old Barn Wood.
After lunch and our usual buying of soveniers, we said goodbye and made our way north, on to Denver and then to Hugo, Colorado.
 
Bob at Buffalo Trails Joanna & Friend
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