6" x 14" on Canson 140 lb. paper.
Rumor has it that ol' Zebulon saw this peak at some distance, but chugged right on past it later as he was too close to the front range to see it over the foothills. The story is something like that. So Pike missed the Peak, and it has been misting on the Peak now and then ever since.... This painting was from a sketch done way out east on US highway 24 headed into town from Limon. Turns out to be the perfect subject for a painting. We have come home in the past with 20 or 30 jpgs of the Peak from different angles, different weather and different times of day. They all are unique. Hopefully so is this painting...that is one small advantage of working from a sketch. The details become less important as you attempt to catch the inspiration of the original drawing. Not to say that I did not refer to some of those gazillion images primarily for color reference and a couple impressions of detail.
Speaking of detail- try checking out the Thumbnails page for a detail on this painting.
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