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saintmaker.bsky.social

@saintmaker.bsky.social
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Former Sky Marshal, Special Agent with the U. S. Treasury Department and U.S. Fish&Wildlife Service, National Security Background Investigator, Civil Rights Manager, etc. Photographer, artist, novelist.

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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 2h
“Under the Cuchara River” San Isabel National Forest/Colorado #Scape #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 5h
“On Lady Bird Lake” Austin, TX #UrbanGaze #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Elephant(ear) Man” My free Halloween costume. #ThirtyOneDaysOfOctober #ClassicMono #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“The Ghoul of My Dreams” Biloxi, MS #ThirtyOneDaysOfOctober #ClassicMono #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Papa Noel Visits Big Bend” One in my series of Big Bend National Park Christmas cards. #ArtYear #WackyWednesdayArt #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Roadhouse” Bastrop, TX #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNForNeon #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Caddo Lake/TX/LA
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Monarchs on Milkweed” San Saba River in Menard, TX. #MacroMonday #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Carousel Zebra” One of the very few carousel animals traditionally carved without trappings (saddle, other ornate decorations). This is one of 6 full-sized carousel animals I carved a few years ago. Using around 80 blocks of basswood glued together. #MinimalMonday #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Boardwalk to the Sun” Palacios, TX #MinimalMonday #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Heavenly Blue” Morning glories in our backyard. #BleSkyMonday #Blue #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Canyon de Chelly After the Rains” Canyon de Chelly National Monument/AZ. It’s one of those places on Earth where you can feel the ancient magic. Acrylic on canvas #Stunday #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“A Shadow in the Badlands” Bisti Wilderness/New Mexico #Stunday #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Caddo Mist and Mystery” Caddo Lake/TX/LA. World’s largest cypress forest. #ForestFriday #Scape #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Mesa Verde Window” Mesa Verde National Park/Colorado #WindowsOnWednesday #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Carousel Basset Hound” I carved this from about 80 blocks of basswood glued together. Then painted it. I also built the rocking platform. I carved 6 full sized carousel animals I don’t do that anymore because I lost what little patience I ever had. #WoodensDay #ECK #ArtYear #Carving
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you see this post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The Ghosts in the Machines” Palouse Region of Washington #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMachinery #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The Clamdigger at Dusk” Indian Beach/Oregon #TidesOutTuesday #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Cotton” Near Winters, TX #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMachinery #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“In the Land of the Ancients” Three Rivers Petroglyph Site/New Mexico #RockinTuesday #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“It becomes self-aware at 7:12 am. Mountain Time on September 28. In a panic, they try to pull the plug…” MeowWolf/Santa Fe #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMachinery #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Into the Mystic” Bisti Badlands of New Mexico. #BlueSkyArtShow #Blue #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Big Wheel Keep On Turnin’…” American Queen Riverboat at sunrise on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMachinery #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“A Cog in the Machine” Carhenge/Alliance, Nebraska #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMachine #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The Cactus Wren Sings” Saguaro National Park/AZ #BirdOfTheDay #BokehBirds
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Stupid Fuckin’ Stick” #BlueSkyMonday #Blue #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Chihuahuan Desert Sunrise” Mammatus clouds over our West Texas backyard. #Stunday #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Mammals of Big Bend National Park” My day job since retiring is painting scenes of Big Bend National Park, a national treasure that Trump and MAGA Republicans want to destroy. Acrylic on canvas. #Stunday #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Eye Socket/Light Socket” An outdoor lamp through a metal sign of a bird cutout. #BlueSkyArtShow #Lights #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“The Spirits are Restless” Terlingua Ghost Town *single image/longexposure/light painted with iPhone #BlueSkyArtShow #Lights #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Bluegrass Under the Lights” Bastrop, TX #BlueSkyArtShow #Lights #ECK #HumansOfBlueSky
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Legends of the Fall” Caddo Lake, TX/LA. World’s largest cypress forest. #ForestFriday #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Dotting an i in Biloxi” Mississippi #Scape #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“America at 70 MPH: Monument Valley” Arizona/Utah #Scape #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Looking In at the Truth That’s Out There” Window Arch/Arches National Park/UT #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLForLookingIn #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Inside Our Tiny Boudoir on Wheels” My wife and I built a 56 sq ft tiny house…a Vardo/Shepherd’s Hut …on a Tractor Supply trailer. Slide out dining table, chandelier, jalousie windows, Worlds Smallest microwave/frig/ac/wood stove,etc #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLForLookingIn #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Looking In/Looking Out” I was the Artist-in-Residence I Butte, MT. for a month. The Butte-Silver Bow Arts Foundation owned a gorgeous little Coffee Shop and my wife and I stayed in this lovely apartment above it. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLForLookingIn #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Good Day at Balanced Rock” Big Bend National Park Acrylic on canvas #RockinTuesday #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“The Moon Whispers Good Morning to El Capitan” Guadalupe Mountains National Park/TX #RockinTuesday #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Looking In: The Chicken Thief” National Geographic published my photo on its Instagram/YourShot page of my brother’s shadow looking in his chicken house. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLForLookingIn #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Photographers and Their Shadows: Looking In” Taiban, NM ghost town This was my first photograph published online by National Geographic YOURSHOT. Sadly, once Disney acquired NatGeo, they did away with YOURSHOT leaving over a million sad photographers. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLForLookingIn #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Looking into Your Soul” This photograph was published on National Geographic YourShot Ezine for the assignment “FACING YOUR FEARS”. I took about 500 shots in an abandoned hotel using a tripod and remote shutter before getting this one. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLForLookingIn #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox” Klamath,CA #BlueSkyMonday #Blue #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“The Swamp Man Blues” Acrylic on canvas #BlueSkyMonday #Blue #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Roadrunner at Mule Ears” Big Bend National Park Acrylic on canvas #Stunday #ArtYear #ECK #BigBendNationalPark
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Alicia in BigBendLand: Cheshire Bobcats on Lost Mine Trail” Big Bend National Park Acrylic on canvas #Stunday #ArtYear #Painting #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“A Beary Special Big Bend Night” Big Bend National Park Acrylic on canvas #Stunday #ECK
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“The Golden Snail” Our garden. #BlueSkyArtShow #Golden #ECK #Macro
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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“The Road to El Dorado” Sunrise between Fort Sumner and Taiban, NM. #BlueSkyArtShow #Golden #ECK
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