Acrylic Works from Columbia Icefields Parkway, Alberta, Canada

 

 

I was once very intimidated in painting the Canadian Rockies. They are so vast and complex in their structure, color and shapes. I prefer to paint the mountains when they have weather patterns over them. It makes them so much more interesting and ominous.

When I get a good image I like to paint it more than once. Often I will make a sketch and take a photograph of the scene. I'll then work it up at home or on the road.

I also do the subject in watercolor as well as acrylic. Often being out in the wild one thing I do is check for bears, especially grizzly. I have passed them many times on the roads I travel.

These are some acrylic sketches from along the Columbia Icefields Parkway completed this past summer:

North Saskatchewan River, 2014 - Acrylic on canvas panel - 12" x 9" 

Next just south of Jasper Alberta

Athabasca River, 2014 - Acrylic on canvas panel - 12" x 9"

Just north of Saskatchewan River Crossing

Saskatchewan River, 2014 - Acrylic on canvas - 10" x8"

Moving towards Lake Louise



Bow Lake, 2014 - Acrylic on canvas panel - 12" x 9"

I will post watercolour examples of these in my next post.

Thanks for your interest.

DRJ