Study, Rare Air New York City and I'm thrilled with how

and I'm thrilled with how this larger painting captures the vibrancy and energy of the moment

Late afternoon light glows above a mountain stream in the Great Smoky Mountains

let's just say it was not nearly as impressive as the University of Wisconsin equivalent

" At the time I thought

Study, Rare Air New York City and I'm thrilled with howUntil recently, weve been in a drought in East Tennessee. When I went to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near our home for a painting excursion, I was taken aback by how low the mountain streams were. While this is disconcerting to see, it does open a whole different dimension for exploration. Suddenly, huge boulders emerge and I can (carefully) hop my way across previously impassable freshwater rapids. I caught this composition from the