Plein Air - Painting the West



Mountaineer’s Dawn

To the right is Mount Owen and to the left is Jackson Hole with virga, the isolated showers common to the West,  marching across the Valley. 

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Tetons | Framed
13" by 38" | Available | Pastel
Valhalla Canyon

Valhalla Canyon

Hiking into Valhalla Canyon, Alison and I were desperately grabbing at bushes and roots to claw our way up a steep hanging glacier moraine.

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Tetons | Framed
72" by 36" | Available | Oil on Linen
Teewinot, the Grand, and Mt Owen form what is known as the Cathedral Group. Valhalla Canyon rises out of Cascade Canyon and can be ascended by crossing the creek and bushwhacking through the undergrowth.

Cascade Canyon, with Mount Owen

Following Cascade Creek into the heart of the Tetons there are views reminiscent of the Swiss Alps; the greenery, the stream, the upward sweep to the lofty summits above. In this painting Mount Owen dominates and the Grand is seen to the left of it.

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Tetons | Framed
30" by 34" | Collected | Oil on Linen