On the Way to Banff

On the Way to BanffOn the Way to Banff is an original mixed media painting, painted on canvas paper. This small work is inspired by the prairies looking out towards the Rocky Mountains as you drive towards Banff in Southern Alberta. If you have done this drive around harvest time you will know how inspiring that view is! This painting features loose and free brush strokes and uses acrylic paint, watercolour ink and crayon and acrylic marker. This small painting would do

People say that driving through the prairies is quite boring

I painted this with intentionally loose brush strokes to keep the slightly abstract nature of the flowers as I was working to paint them from memory

This painting is  inspired by Athabasca Falls

please don't hesitate to reach out

and small vivid yellow petals that scatter all over the piece

I hope it adds a sense of hope and wanderlust to your space

I seem to always come back to painting it

This painting is a lovely sketch impression of a field and was part of a study that I did for a larger work

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only they were witness to a personal gallery show of the seasons changing

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