Montana Winter Monochrome: Fan Mountain
“Montana Winter Monochrome: Fan Mountain” 2021
Fine art quality print of original watercolor painting. 8.5x11. Available in larger/different sizes on request.
In this series, I tried to capture the quiet yet stark beauty of local mountains in the winter. Over the course of the last several winters, I began to notice that on both the brightest and sunniest days, and the overcast, cloudy ones, the mountains often appeared monochromatic from afar. It took me a while to track down the right color, one that could be almost black at its darkest, and a translucent barely there blue at its lightest, and found it in indigo. As these paintings came to life under my brush, I was awed by way the color could convey both depth and lightness, and the realism that was created by the addition of just a few small details. I left them simple—no skies, no backgrounds, floating in space to some degree, grounded by tree lines. I have mentioned before that the paintings in this series feel like looking at a memory to me, perhaps because they look a bit like old photographs, overexposed or faded with time, or perhaps because the mountains pictured hold so much importance in my own memory, and I know, in the minds and memories of so many others. I hope that these paintings will remind you of these special places, and the memories that you have with them.
All my prints are made locally by another small business owner on what he states is “the best fine art printing paper on the market”—and I agree! Printed on textured, thick paper and with true to life colors, these prints look as good as the original. The print comes with archival quality, acid free backing and a white or black mat, and protected in a plastic print bag.
“Montana Winter Monochrome: Fan Mountain” 2021
Fine art quality print of original watercolor painting. 8.5x11. Available in larger/different sizes on request.
In this series, I tried to capture the quiet yet stark beauty of local mountains in the winter. Over the course of the last several winters, I began to notice that on both the brightest and sunniest days, and the overcast, cloudy ones, the mountains often appeared monochromatic from afar. It took me a while to track down the right color, one that could be almost black at its darkest, and a translucent barely there blue at its lightest, and found it in indigo. As these paintings came to life under my brush, I was awed by way the color could convey both depth and lightness, and the realism that was created by the addition of just a few small details. I left them simple—no skies, no backgrounds, floating in space to some degree, grounded by tree lines. I have mentioned before that the paintings in this series feel like looking at a memory to me, perhaps because they look a bit like old photographs, overexposed or faded with time, or perhaps because the mountains pictured hold so much importance in my own memory, and I know, in the minds and memories of so many others. I hope that these paintings will remind you of these special places, and the memories that you have with them.
All my prints are made locally by another small business owner on what he states is “the best fine art printing paper on the market”—and I agree! Printed on textured, thick paper and with true to life colors, these prints look as good as the original. The print comes with archival quality, acid free backing and a white or black mat, and protected in a plastic print bag.
“Montana Winter Monochrome: Fan Mountain” 2021
Fine art quality print of original watercolor painting. 8.5x11. Available in larger/different sizes on request.
In this series, I tried to capture the quiet yet stark beauty of local mountains in the winter. Over the course of the last several winters, I began to notice that on both the brightest and sunniest days, and the overcast, cloudy ones, the mountains often appeared monochromatic from afar. It took me a while to track down the right color, one that could be almost black at its darkest, and a translucent barely there blue at its lightest, and found it in indigo. As these paintings came to life under my brush, I was awed by way the color could convey both depth and lightness, and the realism that was created by the addition of just a few small details. I left them simple—no skies, no backgrounds, floating in space to some degree, grounded by tree lines. I have mentioned before that the paintings in this series feel like looking at a memory to me, perhaps because they look a bit like old photographs, overexposed or faded with time, or perhaps because the mountains pictured hold so much importance in my own memory, and I know, in the minds and memories of so many others. I hope that these paintings will remind you of these special places, and the memories that you have with them.
All my prints are made locally by another small business owner on what he states is “the best fine art printing paper on the market”—and I agree! Printed on textured, thick paper and with true to life colors, these prints look as good as the original. The print comes with archival quality, acid free backing and a white or black mat, and protected in a plastic print bag.
