WHERE SPIRITS STILL ROAM by Jon Crane -- Fine Art Watercolor black hills The sun burst forth

The sun burst forth

Early one Fall morning Jon hiked into the Meeker Ranch

The Kishacoquillas Valley in central Pennsylvania was settled by Amish and Mennonite families many generations ago

A snowy Monday depicting a farmhouse in Kishacoquillas Valley

It has inspired several of Jon’s paintings that capture both its beauty and its place in local history

WHERE SPIRITS STILL ROAM by Jon Crane -- Fine Art Watercolor black hills The sun burst forthIn the farthest corners of the South Dakota Badlands, where human footprints rarely mar the earth, the morning arrives with a quiet majesty. The first rays of sunlight slip over jagged ridgelines and eroded buttes, bathing the rugged terrain in a soft golden light. Bands of shadow linger in the deeper gullies and ravines, while the higher plateaus catch the sun, glowing like ancient ruins beneath the endless sky.