Painting based on a photo I took at RMNP. I've been picking up a hobby in photography lately and sometimes would redraw my photographs for fun! It's a really beautiful Park and it's crazy how such a place actually exists in real life.

No matter how much I see the mountains because of my job, even daily when I used to live in Colorado, I never got tired of them. Seeing something so massive that Earth's forces created never made me feel small. Rather, I felt happy I was part of it and happy to experience the results of such powerful forces. Experiencing mountains up close and personal made me truly understand what being a geologist means.

I moved out of Colorado not too long ago and I don't think I've ever experienced heartache the way I did when I left, like there is a void now when I just yearn to go outdoors (which isn't possible where I am right now). This past year I've been thinking a lot about the sort of art I want to focus on and I hope that my future works can convey that, especially because I miss the True Outdoors so much