Harpers View

"Harpers View" 

oil on canvas, 12x9"

I spent part of last weekend in the Northern Va area, painting in the cemetery at Harpers Ferry, WV. It is such a beautiful location. I edited the scene a great deal, for artistic and sacred reasons. Still the painting turned out much to my liking.

Grey Skies, Ohio River

Grey Skies, Ohio River,  oil on gessobord, 9x12"

After packing up my painting gear on Sunday, I took the back roads in Southern Indiana. About an hour later ended up here...O'Bannon Woods State parks. It has an amazing section way up on a river bluff. I hiked down as far as I could without falling off the ledge and set up the easel.  The wind was strong, and the footing a bit ominous, and it was quite exhilarating!!

Here is where I set up my easel. Luckily I had the sunshine after about an hour of painting to warm me up.

Angel River, Zion

Angel River, Zion, oil on gessobord, 12x12"

I revisited a few photos from my "Department of the Interiors" trip, as my family fondly calls it, taken at the end of the summer. This is the first painting I've done from Zion itself, which by the way, blew me away. I hope one day I can retire near it.

We were hiking on an incredibly hot day, when the Southwest was having higher then normal temps. So what are hot hikers to do but put their feet into a very cold river. I took this photo from the center of the river standing thigh- deep in water.  Oh what fun!!