Painting No. 10-J-12
6"x 8", oil on canvas panel
This was the second to last painting I did while in Moab, Utah for the Plein Air Moab 2012 event. Deadhorse Point is wildy beautiful, I heard some tourists commenting that they thought it was better than the Grand Canyon. I might agree, with panoramic views and shear vertical cliffs it's an eyeful for sure.
The interesting thing about painting here is that you cant go wrong with whatever you decide to paint. In fact, the only draw back is when an artist might try to capture the entire panoramic scene in one painting, it's just not practical. I painted this scene while thin clouds played games with the background shadows. It happened to be a "happy accident" that the monolith and canyon rim were in the sunlight and the background was in the shadows. It made for a highlighted main subject....almost always a good idea.
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