Esopus Creek watershed:  The first of the legendary Catskill rivers to be gobbled up by New York City in the early 1900’s in their efforts to satisfy thirsty city dwellers.  It was this watershed that Theodore Gordon, the architect of American dry-fly fishing, wrote in May of 1913 that, “… the new Shokan dam, in the Catskills, will afford the finest trout fishing in America, if properly treated…”  And, this watershed also served as home waters for the likes of Preston Jennings and Ray Smith; it was called “the first trout capital of the Charmed Circle” by Cecil E. Heacox.


Chimney Hole fall, 11x14:

The Trestle, 10x8 (NFS): An early (pre-2014) acrylic painting of the Boiceville Trestle.  The trestle was built ca. 1870 to carry the Ulster & Delaware Railroad across the Esopus Creek. The bridge spanned 294 feet and consisted of a four-span steel-plate girder trestle on stone piers and abutments. Damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in 2011 caused the collapse of the Boiceville Trestle.  If was often used as a fishermen’s path across Esopus Creek by anglers walking downriver to Chimney Hole.  In its place today stands an Ashokan Rail Trail way-walk.

Misty Esopus, Phoenicia NY, 11x14 (NFS):

Icehouse on the Bush Kill, 11x14 (Sold):

Otter Falls, 11x14:

Bushnellsville Creek spring, 11x14:

 Oliverea Esopus, 11x14 (Sold):

Winnisook Lake, 11x14(Sold):

Winter in a Catskill hollow, Reisser Pond, 11x14 (Sold):