"Cold and Clear" Original Painting

In 2001, I moved back home to Wisconsin from Las Vegas. I made no plans for my drive - I decided I would stop whenever and wherever I felt like it. One of my stops was just after leaving the mountains, probably in Nebraska somewhere. I remember coming over the mountains and seeing the world below me. After being surrounded by rocks and trees in all directions, the sudden openness of it all was shocking!

After I drove awhile, I stopped to walk my dogs. I looked back towards the mountains, and the freshness in the air was so clear and soothing. I tried to capture that feeling in this painting.

Matted and ready to be framed. Painting measures 9 × 11.