Thu 25 Oct 2007
Yosemite National Park
I have lived in California nearly all of my life and I made my first trip to Yosemite this past week.
WOW!!! Sensory overload…GOD ALL THAT COLOR! I am a little speechless because I never expected the color. I have painted in a lot of beautiful places but the only thing in my opinion more surreal and colorful is Crater Lake in Oregon. Yosemite is truly a colorist’s paradise.
The above painting will be at The Vault Gallery in Sonora, Ca for the Yosemite Show.
I almost didn’t post this painting because the jpeg format is butchering the color. It loses all the subtle temperature changes and grays that makes a painting beautiful. Oh well….
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| 2007 22×28 Cathedral Rock |
WOW!!! Sensory overload…GOD ALL THAT COLOR! I am a little speechless because I never expected the color. I have painted in a lot of beautiful places but the only thing in my opinion more surreal and colorful is Crater Lake in Oregon. Yosemite is truly a colorist’s paradise.
The above painting will be at The Vault Gallery in Sonora, Ca for the Yosemite Show.
I almost didn’t post this painting because the jpeg format is butchering the color. It loses all the subtle temperature changes and grays that makes a painting beautiful. Oh well….
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October 27th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Even with the jpeg butchering, this is a wonderful capturing of Yosemite. It does radiate the awe you felt for the place. Wonderful shapes, glorious colors - you make me want to go back there!!
October 28th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
This is heartbreakingly beautiful — just amazing, even in miniature and minus the subtleties that I know would be even more exciting to see.
October 29th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Nice to see you rose to the occaision in Yosemite, Bud! It’s overwhelming there, isn’t it!
Good to see you posting, too!
October 30th, 2007 at 10:39 am
Elio,
Sensory overload is an expression I use when I travel to a new place. I just can’t take it all in and it’s such a natural high!
I, agree about blogging. If I don’t post I feel guilty, which is just our internal programming.
One thing it has done for me as a self represented artist, is given me a way to stay in front the whole world, actually.
I love your work and am dying to go to the Southwest and West Coast areas.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Thanks everyone!
October 31st, 2007 at 9:39 am
Beautiful Elio!