"Mountain of the Spiral Road"
A view of Mount Robson, BC, in early spring with much of the winter snow still covering it. Spring is only starting to show at lower elevations. The Indigenous peoples of the region called it the Mountain of the Spiral Road or striped rock, and it is easy to see how its formations lead one higher and higher.
This piece has a level of detail that I have not taken on in a while and though it was slower going and painstaking, seeing it evolve step by step and reveal itself as I went along was a wonder all its own. The sweeps of colour through the underpainting were placed just to draw your eye upward to the magnificent height of this mountain. As the tallest peak of the Rocky Mountains, it is truly regal.
A view of Mount Robson, BC, in early spring with much of the winter snow still covering it. Spring is only starting to show at lower elevations. The Indigenous peoples of the region called it the Mountain of the Spiral Road or striped rock, and it is easy to see how its formations lead one higher and higher.
This piece has a level of detail that I have not taken on in a while and though it was slower going and painstaking, seeing it evolve step by step and reveal itself as I went along was a wonder all its own. The sweeps of colour through the underpainting were placed just to draw your eye upward to the magnificent height of this mountain. As the tallest peak of the Rocky Mountains, it is truly regal.
A view of Mount Robson, BC, in early spring with much of the winter snow still covering it. Spring is only starting to show at lower elevations. The Indigenous peoples of the region called it the Mountain of the Spiral Road or striped rock, and it is easy to see how its formations lead one higher and higher.
This piece has a level of detail that I have not taken on in a while and though it was slower going and painstaking, seeing it evolve step by step and reveal itself as I went along was a wonder all its own. The sweeps of colour through the underpainting were placed just to draw your eye upward to the magnificent height of this mountain. As the tallest peak of the Rocky Mountains, it is truly regal.