This painting is from a scene bewteen Leadville and Copper Mountain Colorado. A late summer snow followed by the warm sun resulted in only patches of snow at the lower levels giving testament to the storm that had passed through. The upper elevations had a bit more than a dusting. I used a simplified palette here with a burnt sienna, ultramarine blue, yellow ochre, cadmium red, just a touch of cadmium blue and of course white-which gave rise to a color scheme that is unified as well. The colors in the peaks are also found in the shadows, the snow and the flowing stream. The conifers and the stream lead the eye into the center of the painting-the peaks.
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