Stuck in a Rut 8x10 oil on panel
Souls Depart 8x10 oil on panel
Summer - July 8x10 oil on panel
These three paintings were done on a recent trip to eastern Wyoming. I have been to these places in years past and have wanted to paint there. The first painting was made at the Oregon Trail Ruts near Guernsey. The second at Register Cliff, also near Guernsey. Pioneers would pass by Register Cliff on their way west and engrave their names into the rock. There are many names from the 1800s in the rock. The third painting was painted at Ft. Laramie. Ft. Laramie would have been the last place pioneers would have stopped for provisions before going any further west. It was super hot at all these locations, over 100 degrees, and I have no idea how people would have handled it in 1880. By the time I painted the third painting, I just wanted to convey the heat and the sunshine and how there was no escaping it.
2 comments:
I recognized the scenes before I read the description, Jon! Very nice rendering of the scenes. You did convey the heat and the desolation of the locations.
Thanks! It was brutally hot.
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