Showing posts with label Grass Mountain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grass Mountain. Show all posts

Saturday, August 06, 2011

Grass Mountain

Grass Mountain
22" X 28" Oil on Canvas
Looking to the north side of the valley we live in a familiar site is Grass Mountain. This mountain is easily recognized due to the year round grasses the cover it's south side. In Winter there is a nice green side to it and in Summer great tones of gold, ochre and yellow blaze in the sun. My attempt here was to go for the afternoon light as it warms the foreground oaks and grasses and push the atmosphere moving across the valley back to Grass mountain. Below is a detail on one of the foreground oaks...