Switchbacks

oil on canvas

16" x 20"

I love painting mountains.  I've always been a huge fan of pictures depicting huge western vistas, but I tend to gravitate toward scenes like the one above more often than those featuring great distances.  This set of switchbacks leads up to the notorious Black Bear Pass, a tricky Jeep trail about 4,000 feet above Telluride, Colorado.  I've never made it that far up on the trail, but if you've got a Jeep and feel adventurous, I'm game.