I became aware of the landscape painter, Russell Chatham, through the covers on the novels written by Jim Harrison. He has been one one my favorite artists ever since. He is a painter of light, in the mode of the Impressionists. Wide expanses, depicting the austerity of the American West make up the majority of his oeurve.
While driving to and from work this past week, I was inspired by the same type of natural beauty that must have moved Chatham to create such beauty on canvas. The bottom photograph was taken from my school's parking lot.
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