A new fresh painting off the easel! Mount Rundle is one of the most recognized mountains in the Banff, Alberta area. The mountain is a massive outcrop of limestone and almost counts as its own range stretching over 12 kilometers. It is a birder's paradise.
The foreground of this painting captures the incredible reds, greens and golds that the Vermillion Lakes display throughout the seasons. There are three lakes spread over a vast body of marshland which separates them.
My objective in doing this painting was to capture the rich and varied shades of green that cover the shallow waterways. Transparent pigments were laid in repeatedly to give the illusion of the mossy, softness of the bottom of the water. Then, edging with a flourish of vegetation, first on a warm, dark background, then with a variety of opaque earth tone pigments to cradle the water and lead the eye to the trees and beyond ending at the pinnacle of the mountain itself.
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