Art Journal

Here is a studio painting of Kachina Point in Petrified Forest National Park. ( See link for more photos of the scenery.)  I originally did a plein air painting of this scene at the crack of dawn last fall during my Artist Residence but always wanted to redo the painting. I wanted it to look big and vast like it looks when you are there. So recently I did this larger studio painting with some compositional changes.

Kachina Sunrise, 20 x 10

Here's the original plein air, Kachina Dawn, 11 x 14

The scene at the time: