El Capitan and Half Dome, winter sunrise
Looking through my "to paint someday" folder I found this photo taken on an early morning in late January 2017, and "someday" turned out to be today. In this view El Capitan and Half Dome seem to me as if they are old friends greeting each other, and greeting the new day. The photo was captured with a telephoto lens which can distort the perspective so that things farther away appear flattened in space, as in this case where these two features are around 6 crow miles apart but seem to be next door neighbors.
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Width: 10in
Bruce Washburn
I paint watercolors with a focus on the natural landscapes and distinctive urban settings of the San Francisco Bay Area, Yosemite National Park, and other locations of special importance to me.
Watercolor provides me with a perfect medium for rendering what I’ve envisioned and producing works of a type and size that are easy to share with others.
My intention is to create paintings that, during the process of conceptualization and creation, cause me to think about, and look carefully at, the subject and thereby learn something new about the world. And through that process I aim to create an image that provides the viewer with an experience of interest and a sense of comfort, especially for those with fond and familiar memories of these places.
I have a degree in Fine Arts from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. Over the last decade I have devoted my attention towards learning the ways of watercolor.
Email: btwashburn@gmail.com
Website: www.brucewashburnart.com/
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