Plein Air - Painting the West



I like the brushwork: free but descriptive, not overstated

Some of my favorite views I’ve painted many times are from the Upper Saddle of the Grand. On this particular occasion Alison and I had been heading over to climb the Exum Ridge. Just as we got to the Wall Street ledge about 4:30 AM we were hit by a hugView the Artwork

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Upper Saddle of the Grand Teton

Mountains are something religious and divine. They show that there is a possibility to go from earth to heaven,” Reinhold Messner

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Tetons | Framed
28" by 48" | Collected | Oil on Linen
Evening View from the Upper Saddle

Upper Saddle View of the Grand Teton, Evening

Paul Petzoldt and Glen Exum were taking clients up the Owen Spaulding Route in 1931 when Paul suggested to Glen that he “go over and see if the ledge would go.” Exum completed the climb and returned the same night to play a gig with his band in Jackson.

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Tetons | Framed
54" by 72" | Available | Oil on Linen