Pastel Painting: Early Spring on Abrams Creek

Hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains offers an abundance of beautiful mountain vistas and inviting, often turbulent waterscapes. "Early Spring on Abrams Creek" was inspired by a hike several years ago in early April, in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The 17x23 pastel painting was built on Uart 400 grade paper and was the subject of my complementary colors under-painting blog last week. Click here for the story of how "Early Spring on Abrams Creek" was created.