"When Time Slows" - 30x40 Mountainous Landscape Painting

"When Time Slows" When we started this backpack trip, which began the idea for this particular painting I’d never been up to this specific area or this drainage itself I'd seen it on a map and I knew that it had the potential to produce some amazing views and it looked like the type of place that would harbor a lot of wildlife the first part of this trail was in dense vegetation it was in a lot of dark timber and through a lot of rocky area we didn't really see anything at all spectacular for about five miles and as we got closer however up to the tree line and to the high country it started to open up and then a couple miles later along the trail I came around a corner to one of the most stunning views that I've ever witnessed while living in this region it wasn't quite exactly the same as what I’ve painted here, but it gave me the feeling that I wanted to portray in this painting we ended up spending about six or seven eight days back in this area sleeping on a ground mat under the s