I finished this painting last week – its destination unknown right now. For now, I’m just going to enjoy it in my studio. It’s 48″ x 24″, acrylic on canvas.
On a hike this past fall, I came across this place. It’s not on any trail, and a guy my age probably shouldn’t have been up there, especially hiking solo, but the experience made it all worth it. This is at treeline in Olympic National Park, and these little blue tarns empty into the valley below and join waters to become the famed Gray Wolf River. It then joins the Dungeness River to empty into the ocean at Sequim. It’s one of the highest, shortest and biggest drops of any river in the U.S. The peaks of the Upper Dungeness and Royal Basin – some of the highest mountains in the Olympics, can be seen in the distance, one ridge over. In the distance, I was looking up at Deception Peak at 7788 feet, second tallest mountain in the Olympics (right in the middle of the painting) and Mt Mystery to the right at 7639 feet. They’re just numbers, but to me much more.
These mountains, the closest alpine area to my home in Port Townsend, is all less than 40 air miles away. I know this place well, and have, over the years, made it my source painting models for many paintings. Those valleys in the mist, the rivers, meadows, trails and trees have thrilled me for over half a century.
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