Rosco Fine Arts

Pictures & words by Ronald Crittenden

Iconic view of the famous Parthenon, on the Acropolis in Athens.

I’ve had the great good fortune to be able to visit a lot of places in the world that I have wanted since childhood to see. One thing they all had in common was a wealth of visual interest — from crags and waterfalls in New Zealand to ancient architecture in Greece to factories and massive silos across the US.

Night shot of a busy paper mill in West Point, Virginia. Commercial silos beside a train siding, with several cargo cars, against a backdrop of blue sky and clouds.Ancient arch at the harbor entrance on the island of Naxos, Greece.
Sailboats on Lake Garda, Italy.A crow sitting atop the statue of a figure on a winged horse, blowing a trumpet, in the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France.Vienna Opera House, entrance hall interior, showing multiple levels with columns and vaulting.
Medieval column capitals, showing winged creatures and serpents suckled by a woman, northern Italy.Ancient colonnaded buildings surmounting the entrance to the Acropolis, Athens.Sunset as seen from a beach on one of the Fiji resort islands.
Foamy waterfall in a setting of green forest.Collage of photos from the interior and exterior spaces of Lincoln CathedralNight shot of a busy paper mill, West Point, Virginia.
An island with palm trees, with dramatic background clouds, in the Fiji archipelago.Path beside a shrine to the Virgin, Germany.headlands and lighthouse at Castlepoint, New Zealand
Great cross and cemetery from the early medieval monastery atop Skellig Michael, Ireland, with Little Skellig visible in the distance.Spectacular rock formation thrusts at an angle from the top of Skellig Michael island. Black and white image.Exterior and west facade of Amiens Cathedral, Amiens, France.
Tilted mountain peaks with a dramatic green foregound slope at Seceda, in the Italian Dolomites.Night photo of Smurfit-Westrock paper mill, West Point, Virginia.Upward-looking images from religious sites of different faiths: Sagrada Familia; Melk Abbey; Air Force Academy Chapel; Great Mosque of Cordoba; Carnac standing stone field; temple of great reclining Buddha in Bangkok.
Black and white photo of statues from the portal of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France.A scene from the Tyrolean Alps, with a cow grazing in the foreground, and a massive rock wall in the distant background.Tents at evening on the Tongariro track, New Zealand, with the silhouette of Mount Taranaki in the far background.
Looking upward into cathedral vaults, Bruges, Belgium.A field of neolithic era standing stones, Carnac, France.Blended image of the high altar of Lincoln Cathedral, superposed on the leaf of a medieval choral manuscript.
Late medieval chateau and marais, Suscinio, France.Beach scene from Hawaii: in the middle distance, a line of three surfers waits to enter the water, while a line of three seated onlookers watches. In the background, distant hills are surmounted by a massive cloud bank, which is reflected in a long puddle in the foreground.Iconic view of the famous Parthenon, on the Acropolis in Athens.