Wildflower Series 4, oil on canvas 25"x31"x1.5, 2021 photograph every artist is the gift

every artist is the gift of God

right by my side

when everything is bathed in warm

Green trees are heavy shadows

The complex layering of soft colors creates a dreamlike quality that feels almost ethereal

Wildflower Series 4, oil on canvas 25"x31"x1.5, 2021 photograph every artist is the giftOriginal oil on canvas with frame 25"x31"x1. 5" Mountains stretch with the late sun, Clouds evaporate and rain stop. Anyone familiar with the highway going west toward Vail, Colorado, drives past this location. In my interpretation the condominiums at the far side of the water do not appear. I emphasis shifts to the wildflowers in the foreground that catch the warm light which contrasts the cold blue mountain in the background. I painted a small oil