Escalante Colors

Here's something that is a little different than what I've been posting, different in that this is a watercolor. I paint a lot of watercolors. I love them. There are certain effects I can get in watercolor that I just can't achieve in oils. There is a translucent quality to watercolor that make them unique. Additionally, watercolor can be rather spontaneuos and unpredictable which makes the whole painting process, shall we say, interesting. Sometimes you never know what you are going to get.

What is also different about this watercolor is that it is varnished. That is to say there is a protective finish that has been applied thereby protecting the painting without the need for glass. The painting was done on an arches paper and then mounted on a lightweight panel and varnished. It can be framed as is or matted and glassed in the traditional manner.

This is a plein air watercolor I did near Escalante, Utah a couple of years ago. I love it over there. Very wild uninhabitated country. Perhaps the wildest and least populated in the lower 48. Brutal country if you aren't careful. Anyway, when painting plein air with watercolor, great things can happen. Because of the nature of the medium and the fact that one isn't looking at or painting a static situation, the light, wind, sun, bugs, etc. the result is a visceral reaction. This painting is for sale at the gallery. Please contact me if you are interested.