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May 3, 2015
Media: Oil Sketch on Winsor & Newton Canvas Panel
Size: 5x7 in
So the best course of action seemed to be descending
the 1400' back to the Warner Valley, and to camp at the CCC campground at the
base of Hart Mountain, which was still just inside the Refuge. Thus I gingerly made the descent; my fears of
rain freezing on the road proving unfounded, and the driving rain had now
turned to individual squalls moving periodically across the landscape. After exploring the as expected empty
campground, I began another painting; this time of rain showers over the Warner
Valley. The view is north from the CG
with the northern extremity of Hart Mountain being the cliffs on the extreme
right of the sketch, and Poker Jim Ridge, being the lower high ground
immediately to its left; the road up to the plateau behind, and down which I
had come, lies between the two. I'm not
sure whether Poker Jim Ridge is considered part of Hart Mountain or not, but it
forms part of the same escarpment that forms the eastern edge of the Warner
Valley. I wonder how often the lakes in
this valley actually have water; I would like to see them when that might
occur, filled with wildfowl, as in times of old (actually not so long ago, but
the current extended drought, hereabouts, has aggravated the situation). You might wonder where the drought is, with
all this talk of snow and rain in these postings, but the accumulations have
not been great, and if that which falls is rain instead of snow the accumulated
snowpack up in the higher mountains is not as normal; and the accumulated snow
pack up there is what sustains these regions, by its slow and measured melt,
during the warmer months of the year. Imprimatura:
Venetian Red. The Pigments used
were: Rublev Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre,
Italian Burnt Sienna, Lead White #2, with Winsor & Newton Cobalt Blue,
Venetian Red & Cremnitz White. For
more visit www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com.
So the best course of action seemed to be descending
the 1400' back to the Warner Valley, and to camp at the CCC campground at the
base of Hart Mountain, which was still just inside the Refuge. Thus I gingerly made the descent; my fears of
rain freezing on the road proving unfounded, and the driving rain had now
turned to individual squalls moving periodically across the landscape. After exploring the as expected empty
campground, I began another painting; this time of rain showers over the Warner
Valley. The view is north from the CG
with the northern extremity of Hart Mountain being the cliffs on the extreme
right of the sketch, and Poker Jim Ridge, being the lower high ground
immediately to its left; the road up to the plateau behind, and down which I
had come, lies between the two. I'm not
sure whether Poker Jim Ridge is considered part of Hart Mountain or not, but it
forms part of the same escarpment that forms the eastern edge of the Warner
Valley. I wonder how often the lakes in
this valley actually have water; I would like to see them when that might
occur, filled with wildfowl, as in times of old (actually not so long ago, but
the current extended drought, hereabouts, has aggravated the situation). You might wonder where the drought is, with
all this talk of snow and rain in these postings, but the accumulations have
not been great, and if that which falls is rain instead of snow the accumulated
snowpack up in the higher mountains is not as normal; and the accumulated snow
pack up there is what sustains these regions, by its slow and measured melt,
during the warmer months of the year. Imprimatura:
Venetian Red. The Pigments used
were: Rublev Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre,
Italian Burnt Sienna, Lead White #2, with Winsor & Newton Cobalt Blue,
Venetian Red & Cremnitz White. For
more visit www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com.
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