Mt Hood: Alpenglow "Mt Hood: Alpenglow" is my rendition of Mt Hood on a bright summer day, just after the sun has dipped below the horizon to bath the snowfields and cloud layers in pastel pinks and purples rolling across a bright blue sky. This extraordinary color mixture of a reflected sunset may last only fifteen to thirty minutes, and is the phenomenon mountaineers and skiers reverently call 'alpenglow'. I first painted the scene with watercolor and then used a palette knife to apply oil paint.

Mt Hood: Trillium Moon Although this painting is also quite expressive, "Mt Hood: Trillium Moon" is a traditional watercolor. I wanted a dramatic scene, looking over Trillium Lake toward the south side of the mountain, with the full moon just able to shine through heavy cloudcover to light up the snow. And while this view is at night rather than in the afternoon light, it is the same view as the preceding piece, done with different materials and technique to achieve a different effect.

Mt Hood: Alpenglow 2 I just couldn't help it, I had to infuse more alpenglow sunset into this painting; and although it is similar to the one above, this one expresses a different feeling with warmer, friendlier colors. In keeping with the first Alpenglow, this is a watercolor with oil sticks worked over the top.