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This past fall found us at a reunion of dear Tennessee friends in a beautiful area of Montana, just north of the Yellowstone National Park entrance. These are some of the first friends we made after our move to Hendersonville and it meant so much to be reunited with them and spend a week at Ashling and Sage Ranch Mountain Homes. (thank you Bill and Nancy!!) Lots of laughter, adventure, and fellowship found their way into influencing the paintings from that trip. If you've been to Montana, you may remember the wind. So much wind! Not conducive to painting outside so I needed to rely on photography and memory for the paintings I made after the trip. Even though todays cameras are better than ever, they aren't a complete substitute for rendering color and values. With some photo editing and memory, adjustments of hue and chroma, creative cropping, and improved value and contrast increases, here are some examples (original photo on the left/painting on the right): Photos tell some of the story; paintings can capture the impressions made by the beauty of the moments. See these and more Montana paintings HERE.
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