That said, it was a spectacular trip to the Purcell Mountain Lodge. What a gorgeous spot to be out of touch with the world... at 7200 ft.
The impressive mountains here are the Selkirk Range .. Mount Sir Donald being particularly photogenic with its striking glaciers.There is a whole octave of cirques (#2below) that I loved as well but I haven't figured out how to paint them as they are so repetitious. Maybe best as a photo.
My plein air painting (3rd) is in the shade so appears very dark.. I left it at the lodge along with 2 16x20s that I did ahead of time from photo references kindly given to me by Linda Wilder, another Mountain Galleries artist who has been there before and who is my idol in landscape painting.
There was a slight smoke odor is the area because of some forest fires smouldering nearby, and one night we had a group of firemen join us at the lodge as they'd been setting backfires to prevent our Bald Range burning and carrying the fire over to the Spillimacheen Valley on the other side.
Took hundreds of photos to work on in the studio over the fall and winter. Thanks again to Mountain Galleries and the Purcell Mountain Lodge for giving me such a wonderful opportunity!
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| The Lodge with Sir Donald and Uto Peak looming behind |
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| Sir Donald and the Selkirk Range |
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| Cirques de Selkirk and a glimpse of the Illecillewaet Glacier |
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| Hippie Heads |
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| The Cirque |
