Mist Trail circa 98'

Title - Mist Trail, circa 98'
Medium - watercolor, acrylic and gouache on clayboard
Size - 12 x 12  inches
 
A depiction of Yosemite National Park, view from The famous "Mist Trail".  My dad took the picture that inspired this painting with his film camera back in 1998.  The white figure scratched into the clayboard surface was my brother looking back at him.  Other hikers are scratched in in the distance.  The orange area on the right mimics the light leak that occured in the original photo.  It's become an act of "memory mapping" for me.  Tracing back to vacations past and painting photos from those trips - some moments forgotten, some recalled.
 
Drawing from personal experiences and collective memories, I aim to evoke a sense of nostalgia and contemplation in my artwork.  Through layers of transparent watercolor, opaque acrylic/gouache, and subtle scratching applied to the clayboard, I seek to transport viewers to a dreamscape where the boundaries between memory and reality blur. 
 
Comes in a natural white washed wood frame ready to hang or as tabletop display.   Signed in bottom corner.