"The Grand Reveal" 8x10 Original Oil Painting Framing:Framed This landscape painting in oils

This landscape painting in oils is the fifth painting of my series of work capturing what I love most about the outdoors and is an attempt to capture the magnificent beauty of the Southwestern United States

there's a certain stillness unlike any other time of year

As winter approaches the days begin to cool and the first signs of the rut begin to emerge

I painted this piece alla prima using wet on wet oil painting techniques and I painted this over the course of a few days

When spring is here in the valleys

"The Grand Reveal" 8x10 Original Oil Painting Framing:Framed This landscape painting in oils"The Grand Reveal" I imagine dark timbered slopes with open sage on the sunny sides. A bull finds himself resting along the edge near the top of a ridge. The sun falls towards the western horizon and the clouds begin to form. The closer it gets to sunset, the faster the temperatures begin to drop. In the final moments of dusk, the air becomes still and the colors put on a show. The bull steps out from the timber and walks out to the edge, grazing