Category Archives: snow

Penguins Hiking

March 3, 2019Acrylic Painting, art, birds, colorful, colors, DIY, elk, Hiking, Mountain, mountains, Painting Canvas, Penguins, sky, snow, Wood CanvasHiking, Penguinswoodcanvasartist

This painting is of Penelope and Louis Hiking. It’s the 8^th painting of them in a series I am doing. I used to small pine planks glued together for the canvas.

The Magnificent Elk

December 10, 2017Acrylic Painting, art, Colorado, elk, Estes Park, lake, Painting Canvas, sky, snow, water, Water Falls, White Water, Wood Canvaselk, Estes Parkwoodcanvasartist

Elk

With this painting my mind harkened back to when we went to Colorado on vacation a little over a year ago. The scenery is a hodgepodge of photos we took. Part of that trip we stayed in Estes Park. This is a stunning area of the Rocky Mountain National Park, and it’s loaded with Elk. I guess I wanted to make a tribute to the magnificent Elk standing majestically in the cool crisp Rocky Mountain air. It is a beautiful animal, and I don’t know what the painting commands most? The attention of the Elk or the scenery? I made this painting on three pine board planks.

“Fire Fall” An Amazing Illusion

February 26, 2017Acrylic Painting, art, birds, Camping, El Capitan, Hiking, Owl, owls, Painting Canvas, rock climbing, sky, snow, sun, sunset, Trees, water, Water Falls, White Water, YosemiteAcrylic Painting On Wood, owls, Yosemitewoodcanvasartist

fire-fall

During some years, for about two weeks in mid to late February, the setting sun creates a mesmerizing deep orange glow phenomenon when it strikes Horsetail Fall. This is a small waterfall that flows over the eastern edge of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. El Capitan is a majestic enormous rock face, and a favorite of rock climbers. The fierce orange glow of the fall is caused by just the right conditions like water flows, clouds and temperature. The natural effect gives the illusion that intense bright orange lava is cascading off the cliff of El Capitan. Timing is everything when the angle of the setting sun causes the light to hit the waterfall just right.

When I lived in California for a total of nine years my family and I frequented Yosemite as much as we could. In fact, we camped there for an entire week on one occasion. I can understand why John Muir spent almost entire life there. In my opinion, its one of my top places to see on the entire planet.

I painted this on two small cedar planks. I added a snowy owl because it just felt right. I hope you enjoy the painting, and of course I always look for feedback. Good, Bad and Ugly.