Charles Beck

“At 60 plus, I should know what my life’s about but I’m not always sure.

Most of those years have been spent hiking Sonoma County’s coastal ridges with brush-filled canyons that spill seaward, walking shadowed paths between redwood trees, and biking narrow roads where orchards, vineyards and old barns intersect.

I appreciate landscape as diverse as the stark sandstone of Utah and the subtle tones of hills wet with fog, as well as the human form in movement and rest portrayed in light and dark, immersed in the mysteries of existence.

Of one thing I am sure: after years of work, I believe the effort worthy.”