A Wyoming Landscape

*A Wyoming Landscape* is an 11 by 14-inch acrylic painting that reflects a place close to my heart: Saddlestring, Wyoming. This work captures the quiet rhythm of an autumn day in the countryside, a scene shaped by memory and lived experience rather than imagination alone.

The painting features a gently rolling hill bathed in warm, golden-brown tones, the landscape marked by clusters of dark trees and brush that provide contrast and depth. A winding road leads through the foreground, meandering across a field fallen with scattered leaves or grass patches, inviting the viewer’s eye to travel deeper into the scene. Near the front, a handful of larger trees with intricately detailed branches stand prominently, their presence anchoring the composition. Overhead, the sky shifts between soft blues and grays, filled with clouds that suggest both stillness and quiet movement.

Creating *A Wyoming Landscape* was an intentional return to a place where I once lived and worked—Saddlestring holds personal significance, and this piece is as much about place as it is about atmosphere. The process was straightforward yet demanding in its attention to subtle tonal relationships and the balance between complexity and simplicity. Rather than embellishing the scene, I focused on conveying its inherent calmness and the understated beauty of a rural autumn day.

This painting offers a moment of quiet reflection on the changing seasons, grounded in a specific geography that remains vivid in my memory. It stands apart from my previous pieces by embracing landscape as a direct connection to experience and environment, inviting viewers to step into a space marked by both familiarity and tranquility.