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This is a Watercolor Conversion of a digital photograph. The winter of 2010-2011 saw the deepest snowpack accumulation in two-plus decades - with a resultant spring melt that fed massive runoffs. In this scene, water which had only minutes before plunged over Ribbon Fall (the tallest single-drop waterfall in North America) rushes to join up with the Merced River. As Ribbon Creek is ephemeral; it doesn't flow all year - and rarely does it flow as fully as in this scene.

Very new on Fine Art America - just joined in early November of 2013. Having grown up on the East Coast, always thought of the Grand Canyon as being the at the top of the US National Parks. Have been there twice, and it's a gem - but in 2002 tacked a weekend onto a California business trip to visit Yosemite National Park for the first time - and went resultantly slack-jawed at the beauty of its topography. Have since learned that it's Yosemite that is considered to be the Crown Jewel of the National Parks - and I hope my photographs do justice to that title. Have since made six more trips to Yosemite - and in 2013 made my first visit during which Yosemite's High country was accessible via Tioga Road being open for the summer...