Lew is a very talented artist who works in mixed media. For example he'll take a photo of a special river (a work of art on it's own) & then enhance that photo by painting on it. Normally, I would say that the photo of a beautiful river would be enough, but Lew's work on the photo enhances it even more. I don't know how he does it, but his artist's eye pulls me into a scene more than any photo can do - & that's saying something.
Take a look at the photo below, by Lew. To a non-artist like me, it looks like a regular photo. But upon closer inspection, Lew has painted on this photo & really made this picture radiate an emotion of peace. The grandeur of the Rio Grande is really brought out. Just look closely at those brush strokes!! Wow, I could look at this all day!
Lew has worked documenting the rivers of America in an attempt to bring attention to their importance & to raise concerns for those waterways - that we keep them clean & as Nature intended them to be. As Lew says, "rivers have a message." That message is worth listening to.