TOP OF THE WORLD by Jon Crane -- Fine Art Watercolors tinton showing up long before the

showing up long before the Robin

there’s no wind on the water

The late afternoon light on an early fall day makes for some very spectacular colors as one drives across South Dakota

Very often Jon will be off searching the countryside before the sun is up

for Jon to gather material to paint the Hooks Ranch

TOP OF THE WORLD by Jon Crane -- Fine Art Watercolors tinton showing up long before theNever wanting to choose the same angle that everybody else chooses, Jon climbed around the tower area to get another view of it. Top of the World shows the mountain top and the fire lookout from the peak opposite. Well, it might be a shoulder of the primary peak, Jon clarifies, which is accessible by walking west past the fire tower.