and Crescent Meadow.
The top painting shows the Mineral King valley from up on the Monarch Lake Trail as it appeared last September.
If I am hiking to Monarch Lake, it is the Monarch Lake Trail. If I am hiking to Crystal Lake, it is the Crystal Lake Trail. If I am walking to Timber Gap (walking because that one can be done without a pack, lunch or water if you hustle your bustle), it is called the Timber Gap Trail. If I am hiking to Sawtooth. . .
Never mind. I don’t hike to Sawtooth. But, I got off track there a bit (or off trail?)
The painting might be finished. I thought maybe I could get away with a quickly done painting as long as I used juiced up colors.
But Noooooo, I had to detail it to pieces.
Same with Crescent Meadow. This is how it looks after a second pass over the canvas:
Crescent Meadow is in Sequoia National Park, near Giant Forest and Moro Rock. The painting looks a little weird because it is wet and reflective. When it is detailed to pieces, dry and scanned, it’ll not only be not weird, it will be beautiful.
I hope.