Stewart Facility

Painting No. 120, Stewart Facility
Carson City, Nevada
8"x 8", oil on linen panel
July 21, 2011

The Stewart Facility was built as a native american school in the early 1900's. The buildings are now used by several different organizations, many buildings are boarded-up and in a state of slow decay. I'm going to spend the next couple of weeks painting various buildings, like this small office that was made out of local quarried stone, with a steel roof.

Faith Valley

Painting No. 119, Faith Valley (study for larger painting)
Alpine County, California
12"x24", oil on canvas
July 18, 2011

I've been pondering since last week if I should do a larger painting from this location in Faith Valley. So I went up there on Monday, took some photos and did this large study. The wind was blowing 10-20 miles per hour....I'm not joking! I found some large boulders and anchored the legs of my tripod. Good news was the mosquitoes had a hard time landing on me. During my 2-1/2 hours I was expecting a bear or deer to walk out in front of me, but no luck.

Faith Valley with Round Top Peak

Painting No. 118, Faith Valley with Round Top Peak
Alpine County, California
8"x 10", oil on linen panel
07-11-2011

Hope, Faith and Charity Valley's are all small beautiful alpine meadows that are surrounded by the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Alpine County, California. They received their names from settlers in the 1800's that traveled what is known as the Mormon Trial over the Sierra's to Placerville.
The evening light here is always great but this year it's stunning with the tremendous snow banks that are left from records storms this spring.