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"That Colorado river moves on so silently, peacefully, unpretentious, and yet its power is absolute. Through solid rock, the accumulated rain and ice-melt off the watershed of the Colorado Plateau easily cut the Grand Canyon a mile deep. Human life certainly wouldn't be here without water. Our bodies are 90% water; no wonder we are so mysteriously fascinated with it. Next to enjoyably watching the flames of a midnight campfire for hours, I enjoy painting a river rolling by day after day and night after night, always its colors and shapes changing like flames in their infinite variation. How does one capture and paint that energy?"