Rugged Slopes and Tamarack

Awarded Martin B. Kahn prize, Art Institute, Chicago. An ideal conception of our own high Sierras. The towering saw-tooth peaks reach far into a pale transparent sky. Delicate shadows of gray blue with warmer lights of a sunny day spread over slopes that are interlaced with patches of late snow that reach from the placid lake below to the topmost peak beyond. The foreground portal is flanked by stately pines and a carpet of gray-green grass is there for us to tread upon as we enter and view the grandeur beyond.