Approaching McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, the desert mountains reveal themselves in stark relief—angular ridges and deep valleys carved into unexpected colors. From altitude, the terrain becomes pure geometry: sharp peaks and shadowed canyons creating bands of chrome oxide green, bright yellows, and viridian, the arid landscape stripped to its essential forms.
The palette captures the mineral-rich beauty of the Mojave. The textured surface emphasizes the rugged, sculptural quality of mountains shaped by geological forces and time.
Oil on canvas h: 20 w: 16 h: 21.5 w: 17.5 (Including maple floater frame) Signed on front Ready to hang
Working with flexible metal painting knives, I build textured, impasto surfaces that capture the immediacy and energy of each piece—a record of momentum, material, and mark-making.
Part of the Aeroscapes™ series—paintings born from the fleeting perspectives of flight, where landscapes dissolve into abstraction.
